Pete Wernick

Pete Wernick (born February 25, 1946), also known as Dr. Banjo, is an American musician. and member of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.

He is a five-string banjo player in the bluegrass music scene since the 1960s, founder of the Hot Rize, Country Cooking and Flexigrass bands, Grammy nominee and educator, with several instruction books and videos on banjo and bluegrass, and a network of bluegrass jamming teachers called The Wernick Method. He served from 1986 to 2001 as the first president of the International Bluegrass Music Association. Wernick is also an outspoken atheist and humanist, and at one time led a secular humanist congregation in Boulder, Colorado.