Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
1897–1978 (age 81)
Musician
Biography
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts, born in 1897 in Kentucky, mastered the Tennessee-style fiddling that came to define early country and old-time music, making influential recordings in the 1920s and 1930s that preserved Appalachian tunes for future generations.
He taught and inspired young instrumentalists, kept the tradition alive through radio and live performances, and ensured that the high lonesome sound of his fiddle would continue to echo in mountain halls.