Jackie Spector has been playing music since the age of three when she first sat down in front of a piano. At 14 she took up the guitar and got her first banjo in 1972, and was hooked on Old-Time music from that point on.

She has performed with various dance bands through the years, including her present band, the Pilot Mountain Bobcats from Mt. Airy, North Carolina, who she has played with since 1989. She particularly likes the role of old-time banjo for accompaniment of fiddle tunes and in the dance band. She has been teaching music in one form or the other for over 30 years.