David Bass

David Bass is an award-winning American fiddler specializing in old-time music. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio.

Bass began playing fiddle at the age of seven and mandolin at 14. He began playing in Contra dance bands in his mid-teens, and has remained active in the Old-Time music scene since then. Bass and Frank Lee formed the Freight Hoppers in 1992. The band gained national attention when they were featured on Garrison Keilor's A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio in 1996, winning second place in the show's Talent from Towns Under 2000 contest.

Bass is a founding member of the Freight Hoppers, which reformed in 2007 after a five-year hiatus during which Bass underwent heart transplant surgery. He also performs with the North Carolina-based old-time band The Forge Mountain Diggers. He has toured the United States and Europe.

Discography

[http://www.amazon.com/Whered-You-Come-Go/dp/B0000002PO/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1222266550&sr=8-1 The Freighthoppers: Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? ] (Rounder Records, 1996)

[http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Gravy-Train-Freight-Hoppers/dp/B000009NTB/ref=ntt_mus_ep_wlb_dpi/105-1143250-2518038 The Freighthoppers: Waiting on the Gravy Train ] (Rounder Records, 1998)

[http://cdbaby.com/cd/fmdiggers The Forge Mountain Diggers: The Forge Mountain Diggers] (2006)

External Links

[http://www.oldtimeherald.org/archive/back_issues/volume-7/7-8/fiddle-aid.html FiddleAid Benefit for David Bass's heart transplant described on The Old-Time Herald website ]

[http://www.stringband.com/freight.htm Freighthoppers page on Stringband.com]

[http://www.oldfiddlersconvention.com/2005win.htm David Bass wins Second place in the Old-time fiddlers contest at the 2005 Galax Fiddler's Convention]

[http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p00417.htm Review of Where'd You Come From Where'd You Go? by Arthur Berman]

[http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4626 Article about Freighthoppers reforming and signing with Roe Records]

Videos

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pt5wrQTg2Q YouTube video of Bass playing with the Forge Mountain Diggers]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY7VL9u6i9g YouTube video of Bass playing with the Forge Mountain Diggers at Watermelon Park Fest in Berryville, VA]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H485N0Y9Jjg&NR=1 YouTube video of Bass playing Backstep Cindy with the Forge Mountain Diggers]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujLqAqspVeo YouTube video of Bass playing fiddle with the Freighthoppers]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5A_5lG8Els&feature=related YouTube video of Bass playing Sally Ann with the Freighthoppers at the Free State Music Festival in Lawrence, KS]