Christian Séguret
Christian Séguret (Born March 9, 1955) is a French multi-instrumentalist, singer, author, and music journalist. In 1977 he began playing mandolin for banjo pioneer Bill Keith, subsequently embarking on extensive tours across Europe and North America alongside Keith, Jim Collier, Kenny Kosek, and Tony Trischka. He formed Transatlantic Bluegrass to bring French musicians to American festivals and performed at the Kerrville Folk Festival with Bluegrass 43. He co-founded the French pop-rock supergroup El Club and worked as a prominent session musician on hundreds of albums and scores. As a musicologist and journalist, he served as the editor-in-chief of Vintage Guitare magazine and authored definitive volumes including L'Univers des Guitares (1997) and the ongoing multi-volume Encyclopédie de la Guitare.