The son of a New York Irish labor union organizer, Bob was a student of the legendary banjo virtuoso Eric Darling from whom he learned banjo and guitar. His repertoire displays a great love of Irish­-American and maritime songs. He is one of the mainstays of the monthly sea shanty sing-along on Staten Island. Bob Conroy and Norm Pederson are committed to the preservation of traditional folk songs that illustrate the life, values, and work ethic of the American people. They have been performing traditional music since the folk revival of the 1960s, and they have appeared at folk festivals and clubs in the UK and Ireland, as well as in the American Roots series at Lincoln Center, Historic Richmond Town, The Noble Maritime Collection, Mystic Seaport Festival, and various other venues in the Northeast. Mr. Conroy plays five-string banjo, six-string guitar, and twelve-string guitar. Mr. Pederson plays multiple instruments, including fiddle, mandolin, banjo, and guitar. Jean Pederson, Norm’s wife, grew up in the folk revival. The Irish side of her family are noted singers and musicians in NYC and Washington, D.C. Jean and Norm wrote and performed the music for an off-off-Broadway play produced at the famed Café La Mama in the ’70s. Jean has written and performed Christian music for her own church for forty years.