vn, 1927-2015
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Bluegrass fiddle player, born 1927, died January 26, 2015. He was known as the Fiddling Barber of Bristol, because he operated Star Barber Shop in Bristol, Tennessee, a hangout for bluegrass lovers. Picking sessions were a regular occurrence there. Boyd was also immortalized in the long-running "Gasoline Alley" comic strip, having served as the inspiration of the barber character that appeared often in the strip.
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