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Susie Monick

Susie Monick (born October 4, 1952) is an American banjo player, songwriter, and clay artist raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. At Syracuse University she formed the all-woman Buffalo Chips, later the Buffalo Gals, one of the earliest all-woman bluegrass bands. She released the banjo-jazz album Melting Pots in 1976 and stayed in Nashville after the Buffalo Gals disbanded. She later played in the all-woman band the Bushwhackers with Ginger Boatwright and toured Europe with Richard Dobson and the State of the Heart from 1988 to 1994.

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