CrabGrass Bluegrass Band

The CrabGrass Bluegrass Band is Cape Cod’s “premier Bluegrass band.” CrabGrass is comprised of Les Beavan on banjo, Chris Miner on mandolin, Dan Fortier on guitar, Billy Hardy on fiddle, and Ted Mello on bass. Their sound is a mix of old and new; their shows always incomparably entertaining!

BIOS

LES BEAVAN

Although born in the 1940s, Les bought his first banjo at age 16 and remains the tallest man in the band. He broke his front tooth while racing through a U.S. Naval submarine, guitar in hand, in an attempt to impress local French girls with his bluegrass repertoire. Despite this injury, he was not awarded a Purple Heart. Les is the father of Nat and Sarah, both of whom dislike bluegrass, and the husband of Allison who likes it so much that she gave him the Huber flathead tone ring for his 1999 Gibson, Scruggs Standard.

Dan Fortier