Johnny Staats is a bluegrass

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player, born and raised in

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. He won Charleston's Vandalia Gathering-Mandolin championships in 1996, 1997, and 1999. In 1997 he also won the guitar title and placed third in the fiddle competition. He is an avid raccoon hunter. His Johnny Staats Bluegrass Festival is a part of the Parkersburg (W.Va.) homecoming every year. He supports local instrument makers by playing ones made in the Parkersburg area. He lives in Sandyville,

. Current members of ''Johnny Staats band'' ''“The Delivery Boys”'' are

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on banjo,

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on fiddle and vocals,

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on guitar and vocals, David Vaughn on bass and vocals

Discography

* ''Wires & Wood'' (credited to "The Johnny Staats Project"),

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, 2000 * ''Pickin Up Steam'' (with Robert Shafer), 2004 * ''Wound for Sound'' (credited to "Johnny Staats & the Delivery Boys") * ''Homecoming Favorites'' (with Robert Shafer), 2007 * ''Time Moves On'' (Johnny Staats & The Delivery Boys), 2013 * ''Music From The Mountains'' (Johnny Staats & Robert Shafer) 2016

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