Biography

Brooks Robertson was born in 1989 in Eugene Oregon, and began playing guitar when he was 12 years old.

His father took him to the Nokie Edwards (former guitarist with the Ventures) Festival near Eugene , whereupon a famous Nashville fingerstyle guitarist; Buster B. Jones performed on stage. After hearing the flying fingers of Jones, Brooks turned to his father and said; "That's the kind of guitar music I'd like to learn."

As fate would happen, Buster B. Jones moved to Eugene a month later, and one week after arriving he was rushed into emergency surgery to correct a severe stomach condition. Buster had to cancel all of his performances and took several months to become healthy again. It was during this recovery that Brooks became a student of Buster's.

Six months later Brooks debuted at the third Nokie Edwards Festival with Buster, and was endorsed on stage by the Godin guitar company, receiving one of their multiac classical guitars. One month later, Brooks performed on stage with Buster at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville Tennessee , where he met some of the world's best finger/thumbpickers.

Brooks has learned the guitar techniques of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, and Buster B. Jones. Brooks is now 16 years old and nearing completion of his first CD.

In 2004, he won the Prairie Home Companion talent show in St. Paul , MN .

Past Performances

2003 NOKIE EDWARDS FESTIVAL, VENETA, OREGON
2003 CHET ATKINS APPRECIATION SOCIETY, NASHVILLE, TN.
2003 NAMM SHOW, ANAHE3M CALIF.
2003 SIERRA NEVADA BREWERY, CHICO CALIF.
2003 NORTH CAROLINA FINGERSTYLE CONVENTION,
2003 CHET ATKINS APPRECIATION SOCIETY, NASHVILLE TN.
2003 GREAT WOODS MUSIC FESTIVAL , MANITOBA , CANADA
2004 MONTEAL JAZZ FESTIVAL, MONTEAL CANADA
2004 THE GUITARS FOR LIFE CONCERT, HAZEBROUCK, FRANCE
2004 WALNUT VALLEY FESTIVAL, WOTFIELD, KANSAS
2004 PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, ST. PAUL, MINNESTOTA
2004 THE NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL, BANGOR, MAINE
2004 LUNA, EUGENE , OREGON
2005 EMERALD VALLEY OPRY, WILLAMETTE HIGH, EUGENE OR
2005 LUNA, EUGENE , OREGON
2005 WEISER FIDDLE FESTIVAL, WEISER, IDAHO
2006 EMERALD VALLEY OPRY, WILLAMETTE HIGH, EUGENE OR