Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddling with Bobby Britt, Part 1

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OLD-TIME and BLUEGRASS FIDDLING with BOBBY BRITT

Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddling with Bobby Britt, Part 1

Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddling with Bobby Britt, Part 2

Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddling with Bobby Britt, Part 1

Bobby Britt is a young bluegrass and old-time fiddler from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, currently playing fiddle in the up and coming bluegrass band Town Mountain, which won an International Bluegrass Music Association Momentum award. Brittany and Bobby get started by playing a couple of old-time tunes “Grey Owl”and “Ways of the World.” Bobby talks about growing up in North Carolina, learning old-time and bluegrass, touring with the Colorado traditional bluegrass band Open Road, and the new album he and Town Mountain are working on (produced by Dirk Powell).

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