Dobro player and steel guitarist Harold Cavallero became a professional musician when he was 13 years old, just two years after he first picked up a Dobro. By the time he was 14, Cavallero was playing gigs in New Orleans on Bourbon Street. Years later, he continues to play in the Crescent City with a group known as the Evening Star String Band, specializing in the sound of country music as it was played during the '40s and '50s. During the genre's heyday in New Orleans, he played on jamborees on the area's radio stations and also toured with a number of big-name country acts that passed through the city. He can be heard on the album titled The Country Three, which he made in 1986, as well as other offerings. He has also recorded with the Bluerunners. His bandmates in the Evening Star String Band include vocalist and guitarist Patrick Flory, Gina Forsyth on fiddle, and Mary Howell on vocals and bass. ~ Linda Seida