Pete named TOP LOCAL INSTRUMENTALIST by Denver’s Rocky Mountain News in their Top of the Rocky Awards. From the article: “They don’t call him Dr. Banjo for nothing. Since 1971, Wernick has celebrated and reinvented the banjo with hot licks and rhetoric. For years the backbone of the Grammy-nominated Hot Rize, Wernick primarily showcases his impeccable Scruggs-style picking with his Dixie-grass fusion ensemble, The Live Five (now Flexigrass).” <<< RETURN HOME >>>