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In addition to Skaggs, Sutton has toured with the Dixie Chicks, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hot Rize, Chris Thile, Tony Rice and others. \nIn 2007, Sutton toured with Chris Thile \u0026amp; The How to Grow a Band, filling in for Chris Eldridge while he was on tour with the Infamous Stringdusters. \nIn 2011 Sutton began teaching guitar online at the School of Guitar, as part of the Academy of Bluegrass. \n Gear\nSutton endorses guitars built by Dana Bourgeois. He plays a Bourgeois \"Country Boy Deluxe\" model dreadnought and also has his own signature model, the \"Banjo Killer\" slope-shouldered dreadnought. 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