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Mark Schatz plays the claw-hammer style of banjo, which pre-dates the dominant Scruggs-style picking associated with bluegrass. Schatz's interests and experience, however, which include jazz and new acoustic music, lend his composing a range and depth that allows him to meld the old and the new in a completely natural, and unique, manner.'-David Royko, Chicago Tribune 'Steppin' in the Boiler House,' Mark's second solo album, features … MORE