Secret Revelation #1: The Professor doesn't really care much for international sumo wrestling though he feels that thongs are acceptable if deemed as a "required uniform".

Schultz is an enigma...A man who spent his wayward youth hopscotching the northern territory via hobo-laden boxcars; shepherded hairless mountain goats in the Himalayas with a clan of nomadic Eunuchs; moonlighted as a meat inspector in Amsterdam's Red Light District; roughnecked it on a derelict oil rig in the Sea of Okhotsk; and finally came full circle to lead a migrant workers strike in downtown Schenectady.  What more can one say about this artistic giant?  Nothing at all...Sadly, The Professor did none of these things ...however, he has watched a good many of the them in documentary films and on The Three Stooges!

The Professor grew up in the the thriving metropolis of Rotterdam, NY and started playing 5-string banjo in junior high school. His first band, The Damn Rotters, won their one and only high school talent show by sabotaging the PA system immediately following their thrash version of Slim Whitman's "Indian Love Call".  Town folk can still be overheard festering about that scandalous evening.

1976 was an "instrumental" year for The Professor.  Along with Tom Yanis and Bill Kilcullen, the trio formed "Schoharie Turnpike": an acoustic bluegrass band that gigged locally until mid-1977.  Schultz departed the band in the summer of '77. 

Secret Revelation #2: Yanis and Kilcullen, of Rotterdam, NY, went on to form the "Sweet Cider" band, which has been together since '77.

After a 2-year hiatus in sunny Florida, Schultz returned to the Capital District, and banjo in hand, created hauntingly wicked tunes with the Rotterdam Junction based "Waterwitch".

In 1994, The Professor joined with a select handful of local music aficionados to found Mooncat, a bluegrass folkrock hybrid with jugs full of energy!  The band has gigged for the better part of 15 years, and worked its way around the Capital Region and points beyond.  Through sheer luck, fate, or hard work, the band is still playing together today.  Be sure to catch a Mooncat show!

Not one to rest on his laurels, Chris decided to stretch his banjo strings a bit more in 2008, and found his way into the Flood Road band via Craigslist.  Upon his first meeting with the guys, Chris played some tunes, and vowed to do his best.  No special dispensations were requested, no promises given, but after he left for the night, the guys all agreed that he was a great addition, and The Professor was "in".  

The banjoman's favorite song is “Dirty Lunch Pail”, which he wrote years ago.  The stirring number, which tells of the trials and tribulations of America's coal miners and their families, is a real gem, and has been commandeered by the Flood Road Boys since Chris joined the band.

Secret Revelation #2: The Professor doesn't actually have the "sheep skin" by which his title is attributed.  However, he is a pretty smart guy, and we like to humor him.

INFLUENCES: Flatt & Scruggs, Stanley Brothers, Mooncat,

DISCOGRAPHY: Mooncat - "Take Away" (2006)