Frank Shaw plays banjo, guitar and bass and sings lead, baritone or tenor. He was winner of the 1st place old-time banjo award at the 2001 Roxbury Contest and currently teaches banjo, giving private lessons in both clawhammer and 3-finger style. Frank is a retired mechanical engineer and was an electric bass player and vocalist in the 70’s folk/rock band Clean Living, which recorded two albums on the Vanguard label.

Frank, Barbara and Paul (all from Branford, CT) are 3/5 of the local bluegrass band ShoreGrass, which has performed around the northeast since 1996.