Tony Petersen

Writer, performer, banjoist and guitarist Tony Petersen began playing guitar at age 15 and has been performing across the country since high school. Tony is currently a part of the national touring act Social Animals (www.thesocialanimals.com) and has a solo project under the name Ditchbird. Petersen also records commercial music, with songs being used in ads by ABC News and Smirnoff Vodka. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2011, Tony founded Boss Booking and Management and began booking musical acts into venues throughout the US. Tony co-wrote and co-produced five bluegrass albums with the Duluth band Saint Anyway, and produced the album "Ride Of My Life" with Duluth act Colleen Myhre.