Kenny Baker

Improvisation tomorrow.  We will be filming country improvisation. 

I have come across some great fiddlers while I've been doing my research on country music.  I mentioned Kenny Baker in my previous blog about bluegrass music. 

I have been listening to his playing today. Amazing.  He was known for his long smooth bows. 

He played with Bill Monroe's band for a while and became one of the most emulated country/blugrass fiddlers.  He died last year aged 85.  Here he is playing Jerusalem Ridge with Bill Munroe playing mandolin (in 1985).  What a couple of legends.