Dayle Eskridge

Dayle Eskridge is one of the region’s premier “Scruggs” style banjo players. An emotional vocalist, he is also an extremely polished M.C. A professional in every sense of the word, Dayle says, “I grew up in Lebanon Junction, KY, the son of a saw miller and raised on beans, cornbread and bluegrass music. My dad was a huge Flatt & Scruggs fan, and he liked Hank Williams an awful lot – so I grew up listening to bluegrass and traditional country music.” When asked where he learned the “clawhammer style” of banjo and the “finger style” guitar, he responds jokingly, “if you’re from KY, them’s two of the requirements!” Before starting Changing Times, Dayle was a member of the Bluegrass Rebels, which won a World Bluegrass Championship in 1983. In 1984, he was one of the youngest ever to be inducted into the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Dayle was nominated for the 1998 SPBGMA Midwest Banjo Player of the Year and the 2000 Entertainer of the Year!