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This list of notable fiddlers shows some overlap with the list of violinists since the instrument used by ... Bluegrass Norman Blake: American: Old time, bluegrass ...
Fiddler Kenny Baker. Kenny Baker is perhaps the most famed early bluegrass fiddler; he met Bill Monroe and cut a record with the Bluegrass Boys in 1957. [4] Kenny Baker served more years in Monroe's band than any other musician and was selected by Monroe to record the fiddle tunes passed down from Uncle Pen Vandiver.
This category lists bluegrass fiddle players from the United States. Pages in category "American bluegrass fiddlers" The following 63 pages are in this category, out ...
According to Haigh, "Monroe always considered the fiddle to be the key instrument of bluegrass". [6] Other key fiddlers in bluegrass include: Chubby Wise - Played with Monroe. Also a Texas Swing player. [6] Kenny Baker - Originally a swing fiddler, Baker played with Monroe from 1957 to 1984, the longest tenure of any band member. He is ...
In 2018 Cleveland was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album for his solo album, Fiddler's Dream. [8] Two years later, he won in the same category with his album Tall Fiddler. [9] Officials from Charlestown, Indiana designated February 5, 2020, as Michael Cleveland Day in recognition of his Grammy award for his Tall Fiddler album ...
The fiddle shop was opened in 1979 by Tom Barr, the world-renowned musical instrument maker, and today is run by his son, noted bluegrass musician, Stevie Barr.
Benny Edward Martin (May 8, 1928 [1] – March 13, 2001), [2] was an American bluegrass fiddler who invented the eight-string fiddle. Throughout his musical career he performed with artists such as the Bluegrass Boys, Don Reno, the Smoky Mountain Boys and Flatt and Scruggs, and later performed and recorded with the Stanley Brothers, Hylo Brown, Jimmy Martin, Johnnie and Jack, and the Stonemans ...
Baker was born in Burdine, Kentucky [3] and learned the fiddle by accompanying his father, also a fiddler. Early on, he was influenced by the swing fiddler Marion Sumner, as well as Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli.