Russ Barenberg was born on October 8, 1950, in the United States and is an
American bluegrass musician. He began playing guitar at thirteen under Alan
Miller. After studying at Cornell University, he formed Country Cooking with
Pete Wernick, releasing 14 Bluegrass Instrumentals (1971) and Frank Wakefield
(1972), before disbanding in 1975. He returned to music, moved to New York City,
and recorded his debut solo album, Cowboy Calypso, in 1980. He taught in Boston,
relocated to Nashville, where he collaborated with Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer,
Maura O'Connell, and worked as a sessio...