Ford’s musical life began early, singing in nursing homes with his mother and performing in chorus and glee clubs all through school. In college he joined the guitar‑playing crowd and dove into folk, blues, and bluegrass. By the 1990s he was forming bluegrass bands in the Upper Valley, including The Fogey Mountain Boys, and later played guitar and dobro with Reckless Breakfast, Americana’s Most Wanted, and others. These days he performs old‑time and standards in nursing homes—coming full circle—and teaches pop music courses at Osher at Dartmouth.

Robin has played the bodhrán since 2010, beginning with music for her daughter’s wedding. She has trained with world‑class instructors in Scotland, Cape Breton, and Inis Oírr, and while rooted in Irish tradition, she also enjoys playing folk, Americana, and classic pop and rock. She performs annually at Trails, Tails and Tunes in Newfoundland and has played in sessions across New England, California, Ireland, England, and Canada. 

Phyllis Shea is a cellist with three decades of experience, shaped by a lifelong immersion in music. Raised in a musical family, she learned early to listen closely, sing harmony, and trust her ear. Today she specializes in playing by ear, crafting expressive bass lines, and layering melodic and harmonic textures on electric cello.

When Joseph and three friends performed “She Loves You” by the Beatles—in Latin (“Amate, Yeah, Yeah, yeah!”)—for their high school foreign language final, the performing bug bit hard. It led to solo gigs on Cape Cod and the formation of his first jug band. In the 1980s, while running a music club in the Upper Valley, he and a group of friends created the Spare Parts band. These days he plays with The Occasional Jug Band and the Classical Folk Trio. 

Jamie Gregory is a finger‑style guitarist with a resonant baritone voice. A journeyman musician, he has played in several bands over the years and enjoyed a decades‑long performing career in the Shenandoah Valley before moving to the Upper Valley in 2021.