Effective period / Period of releases: 1981

American bluegrass fiddler. Died September 14 in Ohio at the age of 90. Honored as the Dr. Perry F. Harris Distinguished Fiddler at the 1994 Grand Masters Fiddler Championship, 5 time Ohio State Champion, 3 Times in Pennsylvania and twice in Kentucky. In 1988, named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowmenr For The Arts. A member of a number of bluegrass bands in eastern Ohio, including The Cavalcade Cut Ups, house band for the "North American Country Cavalcade", broadcast Saturday nights on WMNI; the Independence Band; and the Frosty Morning Bluegrass Band. He also served as a sideman on numerous recordings.