IBMA and SPBGMA award-winning flatpicking guitarist and mandolinist Tony Watt has performed throughout the United States and Europe, on the Grand Ole Opry, and beyond. His performance and jamming videos on YouTube have over one million views, including his version of Cherokee Shuffle with Noam Pikelny and Andy Falco which has been viewed over 200,000 times. He has been featured in Bluegrass Unlimited, Bluegrass Today, and four separate times in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. Tony has toured with Nashville-based Cages Bend, east Tennessee-based Meridian, with Rounder Recording artist Alecia Nugent, with Leigh Gibson, guitarist for The Gibson Brothers, with Jenni Lyn Gardner, original mandolinist for Della Mae, and most recently with Alan Bibey & Grasstowne. Tony currently performs locally with his band, Southeast Expressway, as well as his Dad’s band, True Life Bluegrass. He is a graduate of Leadership Bluegrass, has served on the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Education Committee and the IBMA Board Selection Committee, and is currently the Vice President and Education Co-Director of the Boston Bluegrass Union (BBU).