"Earlybird Stringband was first thought of in December 2005. Christian and Hans Martin were classmates in studies, and had talked loosely about getting into bluegrass. Come January, and the 2nd annual student loan is payed. Hans Martin decides that most of his money should be used to buy a banjo - thankfully he didn't ask anyone for advice if he really should do this. He just went off one cold January morning and came home with a fine specimen of a Deering goodtime.