Gene Yellin has been playing guitar and singing bluegrass in the New York area for over 35 years. Gene has played with Hazel Dickens, Breakfast Special, Yellin Grass (with his bluegrass banjo-playing brother, Bob), his own band with Michal Shapero, and numerous other bands through the years. He has recorded with Hazel Dickens (Hard Hitting Songs from Hard Hit People, on Rounder) and with Gene Lowinger (former fiddler with Bill Monroe).