Ranger Stan

Even a Blind Hog Finds an Acorn Once in a While,
Or How I Accidentally Won the Kansas State Mandolin Championship

Even since I learned to play guitar in my early teens, I’ve made a hobby of backing people up in various contests. I’ve backed fiddle champions, banjo champions, and guitar champions in contests large and small. (I’ve also played for a lot of losers.) In August, 2014, I was invited to back one of the outstanding mandolin ...