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Kenneth Clayton Baker (June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011) was an American fiddle player best known for his 25-year tenure with Bill Monroe and his group The Blue Grass Boys. [1] [2] Biography. Baker was born in Burdine, Kentucky [3] and learned the fiddle by accompanying his father, also a fiddler.
In the ’90s, Baker toured with fiddlers of many genres as “Masters of the Folk Violin” for the National Council for the Traditional Arts. Kenny made two fiddle CDs for OMS in 2000 and 2002. In his eighties, Kenny Baker seldom played publicly, but was a frequent and welcome guest at bluegrass events.
Sep 15, 2020 · Kenny Baker fiddlin' at 79 years old! This performance was shown on KET1 Wednesday July 13th 2005. Captured on VHS and transferred for educational purposes only. The tune was an original...
Baker is considered to be one of the mos influential fiddlers in bluegrass music. His "long-bow" style added a smoothness and clarity to the fiddle-based music of his boss, Grand Ole Opry member Bill Monroe.
Apr 27, 2011 · Kenny Baker - "Gold Rush". jomcg50. 1.96K subscribers. Subscribed. 666. 158K views 13 years ago. from the album "Kenny Baker - Master Fiddler" ...more.
1.97K subscribers. 18K views 12 years ago. Recorded live @ the Shoal Creek (Georgia) Bluegrass Festival in 1978 with Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys. Fiddle - Kenny Baker Banjo - Butch...
By the time he left the band — for good — in 1984, Kenny Baker had changed bluegrass fiddling – also for good. His long bow strokes and note choices sometimes had an almost jazzy feel that would be right at home in some of today’s edgier bands. Kenny would chuckle at that comparison.
Aug 2, 2011 · Kenny Baker, an influential bluegrass fiddler whose melodic, fluid style became a signature of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, with whom he performed and recorded off and on for more than...
Baker's recordings contain many great old fiddle tunes and more than 80 of his own compositions. The mastery of dynamic control, phrasing, and accuracy in his "long bow" technique is envied and imitated by other fiddlers.
Kenneth Clayton Baker contributed greatly to the repertoire of bluegrass fiddle through those myriad recordings with Monroe as well as with the 92 numbers he penned during his lifetime. His finesse on the fiddle, incorporating his enviable long-bow style, resulted in the rich, full tones that became his signature throughout his lengthy career.
