BAND MEMBERS:

Teo Quale is a multi-instrumentalist from Alameda, CA who has been delighting audiences with his inventive and heavily grooved mandolin playing. Teo is fearless on the mandolin, playing with both a rhythmic and melodic creativity that never abandons the groove. He is a founder of and the mandolinist for bands Crying Uncle Duo, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, and Jubilee. In 2021, Teo was nominated for the IBMA Instrumentalist Award. 

He has played with a number of bands, including: Noam Pikelny & Friends, as the mandolinist; Special Consensus as a substitute guitarist; as substitute mandolinist for Missy Raines & Allegheny;  as a substitute mandolinist for Brothers Comatose; as the west coast mandolinist for Sam Reider’s Human Hands, and as a substitute mandolinist for Sister Sadie. He also plays fiddle and electric mandolin for Pascal Bokar and his AfroBlueGrazz Band. In 2019, Teo had the honor of playing with his brother, Miles, at Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry (Nashville, TN). He recorded on Jennifer Berezan’s 2022 album, Belonging, which garnered a positive review from Rolling Stone France. Teo and guitarist, Vincent Maclauchlan, also have a duo, Maclauchlan & Quale, and recently recorded an album, produced by Sam Reider. Teo looks forward to more collaborations and opportunities. 

Teo is also an accomplished contest fiddler and picker, having won several picking contests in California and nationally in fiddle. On mandolin, Teo holds 1st Place in the 2018 Open Division CA State Picking Contest. And, in 2019, he was a finalist at Freshgrass Festival’s Mandolin Contest. No slouch on the fiddle, Teo is a 2-time National Fiddle Champion in the Jr. Jr. division in Weiser, Idaho (2019, 2018) and placed in the Top 3 in the 2019 Youth Grand Master Fiddlers Championship in Nashville, TN. He is also the 2019 CA State Fiddle Contest Champion of the Jr. Jr. Division.

At the age of 3, Teo began his fiddle studies with Catherine Manning of Manning Music in Berkeley, CA and studied music with Tristan Clarridge of Crooked Still. He began mandolin studies at the age of 8 with multi-instrumentalist Sharon Gilchrist. He currently attends UC Berkeley. Teo has taught students of all ages, in ukulele, guitar, and mandolin. He is an avid judoka and aspires to be multilingual. Teo is a Fishman sponsored artist.

Miles Quale is a fiddler from Alameda, CA who plays and sings with depth beyond his years. Miles is  accomplished in both bluegrass fiddle and jazz violin, playing with his own bands and as a guest on stages and at music festivals throughout the country and internationally. He is the fiddler for and a founder of bands Crying Uncle Duo, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, and Jubilee. Recording his first album at the age of twelve, Miles and his bands have since released several full length albums and EPs. He has been fortunate to play with many of his musical heroes, including Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Brittany Haas, and Country Music legend Marty Stuart. In 2019, Miles had the honor of playing at Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry. In 2021, he toured with band leader and guitarist, Pascal Bokar and his AfroBlueGrazz Band. 

An accomplished contest fiddler, he placed 4th in the 2023 Open Division Grand Master Fiddlers Championship (Nashville, TN) and won the 2019 Youth division of the same contest. In 2019, he won the Jr. Swing Division National Fiddle Contest Championship (Weiser, ID). In 2021 and 2020, Miles was nominated for the IBMA Instrumentalist Award; and, in 2019, he was a finalist at Freshgrass Festival’s Fiddle Contest. In 2022, Miles was awarded a Whippoorwill Arts Fellowship . The Fellowship allowed him to take a gap year from the University of California Los Angeles, to travel around the world, learning from and recording with musicians. He currently studies Global Jazz and Astrophysics at UCLA.

Miles began Suzuki violin at the age of 3 and switched to bluegrass fiddle when he was 6. He began his studies with Catherine Manning of Manning Music in Berkeley, CA, and has since studied with Tristan Clarridge of Crooked Still, Chad Manning of The David Grisman Quintet, Grammy Award winning jazz violinist Mads Tolling, and Darol Anger.

At the age of 12, Miles started teaching fiddle at Manning Music School, Berkeley CA. He has also taught jazz violin at Oaktown Jazz, Oakland. Miles has worked as a teaching assistant and as primary teacher for camps such as California Coast Music Camp, Freight and Salvage’s Freight Kids Music Camp, and for California Bluegrass Association’s Kids on Bluegrass program. He plays a mean round of chess, has a brown belt in judo, and enjoys cooking for family and friends. Miles is a Fishman sponsored artist.

Andrew Osborn is an award-winning, bluegrass upright bass player, vocalist, sousaphonist, and trombonist from San Rafael, California. At the age of 4, Andrew began his musical education on the fiddle. As a small child, Andrew was exposed to bluegrass through his father’s fiddle playing and through bluegrass festivals. At the age of 9, Andrew started playing the trombone. At age 11, he started playing upright bass after falling in love with the instrument at a local Bluegrass festival.

As part of Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Andrew has performed as a main act at many large bluegrass festivals around the world, and has performed at the Grand Ole Opry. Andrew also is an awards winning lemons race car driver and builder, with his team Fanchero winning the Judge’s Choice award at the 2025 Smells Like AMC Spirit Race. While many of his accolades come from the bluegrass world, Andrew is a competent jazz and classical musician, having years of school and extracurricular experience in both large and small group ensembles. He has also created and performed with local musical acts during his time in college.

Andrew graduated Cal Poly SLO with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in June 2025. When he has extra time, Andrew likes machining model steam engines. He is a Fishman sponsored artist.

Ian Ly is a flatpick guitarist who makes his home in San Francisco. Drawing upon the influence of guitar greats like Clarence White, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, and Norman Blake, Ian’s picking demonstrates both a reverence for the rich history of American acoustic guitar and a sense of violent, reckless abandon. 

Ian grew up in Santa Cruz, California and started playing guitar at the age of 15, quickly becoming an adept flatpicker under the tutelage of Santa Cruz bluegrass legend Steve Palazzo, who gave him a deep knowledge of bluegrass and flatpick lore and sensibility, and Jake Workman of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, who helped hone his technique and vocabulary. While attending college in his birth state of Kansas, Ian began competing in the Walnut Valley National Flatpick Contest; he is the 2023 National Flat Pick Guitar Champion.

Ian currently studies Visual Communications Design at San Francisco CA State University. He is an accomplished doodler and enjoys sleeping on the couch.