While running around the www today trying to find some words about the sublime Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark, I discovered over at the essential Byrd Watcher that the recently deceased Senator Robert Byrd was a fiddlin’ fool. Seems this cranky, long-winded Byrd loved to fiddle and fiddled well enough to make an Opry appearance as well as release an album, Mountain Fiddler, of old-time music. Here’s a video montage clip of Byrd flashing his skills:
Check out the wonderful University of North Carolina Southern Folklife Collection blog for a few words about the Senator and a clip of one of the songs from Mountain Fiddler.
I See Hawks in L.A. honored the late Byrd with a song on their 2006 California Country album.
I See Hawks in L.A. - Byrd from West Virginia [emusic]
And here's a few more clips:
