The band needed another instrumentalist to help cover for the shows and we remembered Emmett and reached out to him. That summer Julianne and mom went to bluegrass camp leaving Ellen, Katie, and Matt to do the shows on their own. (I JUST DIDN’T KNOW, PLEASE DON’T HATE ME.) Ellen (yes, hi, that’s me) replied and said that The Petersens did not need any more players at the time. He sent a message to our Facebook page in January of 2017 and asked if we would be interested in a dobro player. After a couple years of traveling, he wanted to find more local gigs and ran across some videos of The Petersens. Julianne switched to the mandolin in 2015 when the band went full-time.Įmmett grew up playing music with his family, The Franz Family, and my goodness if you haven’t watched any videos of them they are FANTASTIC! As the Franz kids grew up, got married, and started having families of their own, Emmett began touring with other artists. Emmett Franz Dobroist, Composer, Adopted Brother for Matt Emmett started playing the dobro at the age 14 and has since become one of the most accomplished dobro players in the country. Mom picked up the mandolin and Julianne chose to learn the violin so she could be like her awesome big sister, Katie. She started taking lessons and mostly learned from reading tablature in instruction books. Because there are no drums in bluegrass, dad bought Ellen a banjo.
Because the guitar is such a crucial instrument in a bluegrass band, dad held down the fort until Matt was solid on his rhythm. When Dad decided we would become a bluegrass band, he enrolled Katie in “fiddle boot camp” (yes, that is a thing) and Matt switched to taking flatpicking lessons which suited him much better. Matt picked up the guitar, took classical lessons, and while he didn’t enjoy them, kept it up. With the recent inclusion in the Petersens, Franz is known as the adopted brother of Matt Petersen. Previously, Emmett was a member of the musical family, The Franz family. When Ellen turned 9 she chose the drums and made quite the joyful noise. Emmett Franz, a recent member of the Petersen, is an acclaimed American Dobroist, music composer, and also a volleyball player. When she was 9, Katie chose the violin and started taking classical lessons weekly. After two years of piano, we could try another instrument. Each of the Petersen siblings got to take piano lessons at age 7.
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