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Home ----------- Jewelry ----------- About Montana Agate ----------- Hunting Montana Locality ----------- About Yellowstone Jewelry ----------- Banjos ----------- Ridge and Valley String Band ----------- Contact Us	Left to right: Dave Lauder, Leslie Dyer, Charlie Arentz, Mark Ralston Traditional and old-time acoustic American music Available for work in central Pennsylvania..... please contact MRalston@Yellowstone-Jewelry.com About the band members: Charlie Arentz (fiddle and vocals)..... Leslie Dyer (string bass and occasional vocals).... Dave Lauder (guitar and vocals)..... Mark Ralston (banjo, fiddle, and vocals). Mark played banjo and fiddle with the Rustical Quality String Band from about 1974 through about 1990. Musical influences include Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Oscar Jenkins, Kyle Creed, Doc Watson, Gaither Carlton, Clarence Ashley, Henry Reed, Wade Mainer, Charlie Poole, Dave Macon, John Cohen, Art Rosenbaum, Mike Seeger, John Hartford, Bob Carlin, Mac Benford, Walt Koken, Dirk Powell, Chris Whig. Mark collects, restores, and sometimes sells vintage (pre-1940) banjos and fiddles.