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Bobby TaylorBobby Taylor is a fourth generation West Virginia fiddler and he has played for more than 40 years, starting at the age of 13. He learned from the legendary Clark Kessinger and Mike Humphreys. Bobby's recognition as a fiddler began when he was named West Virginia State Fiddle Champion in 1977. In 2003, Bobby received the FOOTBRIDGE AWARD by FOOTMAD (Friends of Old-Time Music and Dance) for his contributions to old-time music. He continues to be both a performer and an advocate of West Virginia fiddling. He has been the coordinator of West Virginia's Vandalia Gathering since 1979 and has been the coordinator of the Appalachian String Band Music Festival contest since 1990. He is a widely respected fiddling contest judge at events like the Galax (VA) Fiddlers Convention and the Grand Masters Fiddle Championship Judge in Nashville TN. He presently also performs with the Old-Time band Kanawha Tradition. Watch and hear Bobby play in this video. Listen to his music at CD Baby
Alan JabbourAlan Jabbour was born in 1942 in Jacksonville, Florida. A violinist by early training, he put himself through college at the University of Miami playing classical music. While a graduate student at Duke University in the 1960s, he began documenting oldtime fiddlers in the Upper South. Documentation turned to apprenticeship, and he relearned the fiddle in the style of the Upper South from musicians like Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia, and Tommy Jarrell of Toast, North Carolina. He taught a repertory of oldtime fiddle tunes to his band, the Hollow Rock String Band, which was an important link in the instrumental music revival in the 1960s. See samples of Alan in this YouTube video.
Paul David SmithPaul David Smith (fiddle) learned his craft from legendary Pike County fiddler Snake Chapman. He has played with a number of different bands over the years and has been featured as a guest artist and master fiddler at such prestigious gatherings as the Appalachian String Band Festival at Clifftop, West Virginia, the Augusta Heritage Workshops, the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and Fiddlers’ Grove. He accompanied Snake Chapman on his two Rounder CDs and is featured on his own Rounder CD, Devil Eat the Groundhog (Rounder CD 0409). Hear and read more about Paul. Watch and hear Paul play in this YouTube video.
ANDY COHENAndy Cohen grew up in a house with a piano and a lot of Dixieland Jazz records, amplified after a while by a cornet that his dad got him. At about fifteen, he got bitten by the Folk Music bug, and soon got to hear records by Big Bill Broonzy and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, both of which reminded him of the music he grew up to. At sixteen, he saw Rev. Gary Davis, and his course was set. He knew he had it in him to follow, study, perform and promote the music of the southeast quadrant, America¹s great musical fountainhead. Although he's done other things- a certain amount of writing, and physical labor from dishwashing and railroading to archaeology, playing the old tunes is what he does best.
Ken PerlmanSuperb instrumentalist, acclaimed teacher of instrumental skills, gifted performer, award-winning folklorist, Ken Perlman is surely a welcome addition to any festival or concert-series lineup. Ken is both a pioneer of the 5-string banjo style known as "melodic clawhammer," and a master of fingerstyle guitar. He is considered one of the top clawhammer players in the world. On guitar, Ken's sparkling finger-picked renditions of traditional Celtic and Southern fiddle tunes are simply not to be missed.! Roby CogswellMusician and Director of Folklife for the Tennessee Arts Commissison, Roby is a great supporter and participant in old-time music. He serves as Master of Ceremonies for our Roots of Old-Time Music Day. Martin FisherMartin comes to every Breakin' Up Winter (and other NOTSBA events) to share his passion and expertise in old-time recording techniques. His wax-cylinder recordings are as authentic as it can get, and he'll show you how it's done and record you in true old-time style.
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