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Debby Cotter Kaspari

Debby Cotter Kaspari is an American bluegrass banjo player, singer, and songwriter who is primarily associated with the San Francisco Bay Area traditional music scene. She played banjo in the All-Girl Boys alongside dobroist Kathy Barwick. Her songwriting catalog includes the composition "Hideaway," which was recorded by bluegrass artist Laurie Lewis on the 1991 collaborative studio project Together. She additionally contributed banjo tracks to Holly Near's 2002 musical project Early Warnings. She designed the poster for the first CBA Father’s Day festival and relocated to Oklahoma in 1995.

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