About John
John Treacy is a bluegrass musician who plays mandolin and guitar and sings lead and harmony vocals in several bands. He also gives private mandolin lessons as well as group workshops at music camps. John is a certified teacher of the Wernick Method of teaching bluegrass jamming.
For the last 25 years, he has been performing in one or more bands at a time, playing a mix of old time, bluegrass, and other acoustic music. John offers individual instruction for students of mandolin and has taught workshops on jamming and bluegrass repertoire at Walker Creek Music Camp, California Bluegrass Association’s Summer Music Camp, and Puget Sound Guitar Workshop. From 1992 through 2008, John was on the leadership team for California Coast Music Camp and served as site director and president of the board of directors.
He lives in the Pacific Northwest and travels to every music camp and bluegrass festival on the West Coast that he can manage.