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Virg Evans
The Flying Fiddler

Album US 1975 on American Heritage Music Corporation label
Country (Bluegrass, Country)

here are some excerpts gleaned or paraphrased off the back cover liner notes: Virg came from a musical family with 2 of his uncles being fiddlers. One of them a champion. Virg played professionally with various groups, including the well known "Blue Ridge Mountaineers", doing stage & radio work. While following this musical career through the 30's, another love was flying. He earned his pilot's license and worked as a flight instructor until 1942. He then served in the Air Force as a Captain in WWII. After his separation from the Air Force, he was a commercial pilot, but the fiddle was never too far away. Virg began entering fiddle contests and at the time the LP was recorded was California State Champion and won top honor's in the national old time Fiddler's Contest. Frank Hicks has been playing guitar with Virg Evans since they met at an old time fiddling contest 3 years prior to this LP. He says he was inspired as a boy by Riley Puckett, who was a well known old time guitarist in the late 1920's. Frank played professionally until 1950, but now is a railroad engineer, playing only as a hobby, other than occasional dances & nightclubs. Ken Hall is listed as an unsurpassed manodolinist who has played with Frank Hicks for "some time" . It was through Frank that Ken met Virg and they spent many hours practicing & arranging. Ken has been well known to the folk music world since the 1930's and there is always a group both young & old alike standing around, amazed at his playing.

Musicians

	Virg Evans vn, fiddle, album by
	Frank Hicks g, guitar
	Kenny Hall man, 1923-2013 US mandolin

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