Allan Thompson - Banjo, Fiddle, Dobro, Harmonica, Vocals

From Windsor, North Carolina via a twenty-year stint in Nashville, Tennessee, Allan is the lead singer, front man, and multi-instrumentalist for Blue Plantation. Allan plays the 5-string banjo, dobro, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and harmonica. His main musical influences are Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Josh Graves, Kevin Burke and Charlie McCoy. Allan brings a commercial edge to the band from his vast experience on the road with major country artists and the stage of the Grand Ole Opry as a sideman.

Allan is the founder and owner of Thompson Moisture Control, LLC, which provides crawl space dehumidification services and more to the greater Charleston, SC area.

Aaron Gdovicak - Guitar

From Amherst, Ohio Aaron is Blue Plantations number one guitar man. With his vast knowledge of rhythmic patterns, chords, and music training, Aaron lays up a solid wall of sound and brings a blues/jazzy sound to the band. Some of Aaron's major influences include Doc Watson, Chet Atkins, David Grier, Bryan Sutton, David Grisman, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Hendrix, Brent Mason, Mike Dowling, Tony Rice, Clarence White, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, Eric Johnson, and Russ Barenberg. Aaron graduated from Bowling Green State University as a Bachelor of Science in Technology and is currenlty working for the City of Charleston.

David Vaughan - Mandolin, Vocals

David is originally from Greenwood, South Carolina and currently resides on Johns Island. He is a graduate of The Citadel class of 2000, and he brings to the table a rich tenor voice combined with a wonderful rhythmic style of his own on the mandolin. David has played with many local bands over the past decade and has learned a great deal about Charleston's music scene. He is influenced by many great musicians of all music styles from rock to jazz, but mostly by virtuoso mandolinist David Grisman, and therefore brings forth the element of "Dawg" music.

David currently works for the City of Charleston.

Roman Pekar - Bass

Hailing all the way from St. Peterburg, Russia, Roman is a highly trained musician who specializes in the bass. He is a classical mastermind, and performs with the Charleston Symphany Orchestra. Roman is Blue Plantation's origional bassist, and is our number one go-to man on the bass. He has mastered virtually all styles of music on the bass, and we are very lucky to have him.