My Brilliant Career

Last Updated: Wednesday, 19-Jun-2002 10:05:36 EDT

I took up fiddle playing in college, around Christmas 1978. Since then I have concentrated on the fiddle and hardly ever play guitar or mandolin anymore. I messed around with the banjo for a while but decided the fiddle was demanding enough that I should devote most of my effort to it.

I've played for dances pretty much all over the place. Here is a short list of some of the places I've been.

Festivals:

Dance Camps:

People I've played with whom you might know:

Jam sessions don't count

But what has he done lately?

These days I mostly appear as approximately one half of the duo Bo & Craig , sometimes known as "Adam's Housecat." Lately the rigors of being a duo have begun to mount, so we now include a bass player whenever possible. We have found that by splitting the work of a duo 3 ways, things are much easier. Don't count the Greenfield Dance Band out, though. That dog'll still hunt given the chance.

My recordings are The Belle of Brattleboro with Mary Cay Brass and Moving Clouds with Pete Jung.

What you've really been wanting to know:

My favorite fiddle players, in alphabetical order:

That's enough for now. By the time you've gone and found records by all of them I'll have changed the list. If you like reading about fiddling check out: Fiddler Magazine.

If you really want to go back in time, I used to play trombone. All through high school I played in marching band and dance band. The dance band was cool. We played for dances all over the place, at country clubs and such. I also went on a few tours with the School Band of America. (Europe '73, Western US '72, Jr Hi SBA '70)

If you came here from the list of favorite records, here's your return ticket.

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