Tommy Hunter (fiddler)

Tommy Hunter (fiddler)

Tommy Hunter (1919 – 20 August 1993) was a fiddler from Mars Hill, North Carolina.

Hunter started playing the fiddle when he was seven years old. At age twelve he played with his father's band on a radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. Hunter was a 1989 North Carolina Folk Heritage recipient. He recorded several albums; the final one was recorded in 1993 with The Carroll Best Band. Hunter was no longer able to play due to illness, but a selection of his previous recordings was mixed with the band in the studio. Hunter died on August 20, 1993, two days after previewing the album's final mix.

John McCutcheon lists Hunter as a source for several tunes he has recorded. McCutcheon recorded Hunter's tune "Laurel Branch" on his album "Barefoot Boy With Boots On" [http://www.folkmusic.com/record/r_foot.htm#Laurel] . McCutcheon also cites Hunter as a source for several tunes on "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" [http://www.folkmusic.com/record/r_barley.htm] .

Discography

*Tommy Hunter's Carolina String Band, "Orange Blossom Sound" (Prestige International 13026, 1962)
*"Deep In Tradition" (June Appal 007, 1976)
*"Say Old Man? Can You Play the Fiddle?" (Ivy Creek Recordings, 1992)
*"The Carroll Best Band, with Tommy Hunter" (Ivy Creek Recordings, 1993)

References

*Liner notes for "The Carroll Best Band, with Tommy Hunter"


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