Jon Sholle

Jon Sholle
Background information
Birth name	Jonathan T Sholle
Born	April 2, 1949
Origin	New York City, New York, USA
Genres	Jazz, rock, bluegrass, country, roots music, blues
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer
Instruments	Guitar, banjo, electric guitar, mandolin, mandola, double bass, electric bass, lap steel, resonator guitar, dobro
Years active	1964 – present
Labels	Rounder Records
Associated acts	David Grisman Quintet, Andy Statman, Tony Trischka, Esther Phillips, Arthur Russell, Allen Ginsberg
Website	[1]

Jon Sholle, born April 2, 1949 in New York City, is an American guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and musician who plays mainly jazz, bluegrass, rock, country, roots music, and folk music.

While he started playing professionally as early as high school, over his 40+ year career, Sholle has worked with such musicians as Vassar Clements, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, Larry Campbell, Keith Carradine, Allen Ginsberg, Bela Fleck, and Bette Midler. From 1984 to 1986 he was a member of the David Grisman Quintet and was featured on their album Acousticity, which made No. 6 on Billboard's Jazz chart. Sholle has also released two solo albums with Rounder Records, Catfish for Supper and Out of the Frying Pan. He was featured on Andy Statman's 2011 release on the Shefa label, "Old Brooklyn", playing Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), and Lap Steel Guitar.

Working with screenwriter Ethan Wiley, Sholle composed selections for the soundtrack to the recent movie Jason X and the 2000 short "Bad Assassin". He also compiled and wrote the liner notes for the 1996 Rounder Records compilation Rounder Bluegrass Guitar, as well as producing the two albums he released through Rounder.

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