JAMES "JIM" ISLER


Above: Jim Isler with the Carolina Partners on radio station WFGN in Gaffney, SC, 1949

Below: Jim Isler on fiddle with a band in the 1940s on radio station WFGN

Photos courtesy of Jim's son, Steve Isler and the Isler family

 

Jim Isler grew up playing music in the area around Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties in South Carolina. He and his siblings were all self taught country musicians who learned music from their parents. Jim and his brother Boyd both played the fiddle. Jim played fiddle with bands from the 1940s onward, playing on local radio shows. He later moved to Florida and continued to play music there.

 

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