About the Mountain Men

John Heffron

John is our guitar player. He plays great rhythm and always has an infectious smile. One of his full time jobs is as the director of the Crossword Cafe  - a Church sponsored youth coffee house in Chillicothe . Favorite food - Fedora's Potato Pizza.

David Lawson

Dave is our new male vocal talent. He was instrumental in the formation of the band in that way back in the 80's he took Rick to Branson were he was inspired to learn the banjo which led to the formation of the Mountain Men. Little did he know...

John Prewitt

John plays upright bass and just about anything else - he can get his hands on - piano, guitar, mandolin, dulcimer. He can actually read music! He often leads music at his Church.

Harvey Oltman

Harvey is our award winning fiddle player. Wisdom from Harv - "you store a violin in a padded case but you just hang a fiddle on a nail".

Rick Rosetto

Banjo player. Favorite movie - "Oh Brother Where Art Thou".  He can clear a crowded room using only a banjo.

Rich Rosetto

Bass and guitar player. Rich is son of the banjo player. (Mama's don't let there sons grow up to play banjo!) He has turned out amazingly well, in spite of his musically dysfunctional family back ground.

Former Band Members who have moved on...

Larry Bradley 
 Larry is very a talented song writer. He played mandolin and any thing else with strings.

Andrea
Andrea - used to sing vocals and play the penny whistle until she got married and moved away. She is in several photos in the gallery. Check out the 'Ballad of Andrea" and "A-N-D-R-E-A-h" - songs we wrote and played at her wedding.

Dave Klipp 

Dave was our original bass player. He is now pastoring a Church in Indiana. We recently did a road trip to play at his Church. It was a blast.

Emily