SOUTH CAROLINA FIDDLERS
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Here's an ever-growing list of South Carolina's fiddlers past and present. Please check back for detailed biographical information, photos, and recordings,
which will be continue to be updated. If you have any information, photos, or recordings about South Carolina fiddlers, please contact us at
wacarder@usit.net.
DECEASED: (if you know of any SC fiddlers from the past who aren't on this list, please let me know)
- Amick, Ray - Gilbert
- Amick, Tom - Leesville
- Bowers, Cecil, 1940s fiddler with Aristocratic Pigs
- Brackett, Ted - Inman, 2004 SC Folk Heritage Award
- Campbell, Richard, left handed fiddler with Red Hutto and the Sand Mountain Boys in the 1960s. Listen
- Casey, James (1857-) - Cross Anchor, Spartanburg County, was the father of Claude Casey (1913-), a country musician
- Crowe, Lewis - Pickens
- Edwards, Jim (born 1887), Saluda County, was one of Bo Norris' mentors
- Foster, T.C. (1910-2009) - Taylors, 2006 SC Folk Heritage Award Listen
- Fullbright, Bobby
- Goff, Asa Tillman (1874-1933), Saluda County
- Gregory, Jim (born 1862), Saluda County, was one of Bo Norris' mentors
- Gregory, Paul (died 2009)
- Isler, Boyd "Pappy" (1924-1999) - Cowpens Listen
- Haney, Bill - Columbia
- Johnson, Dave
- Kirkland, B.L. - Batesburg
- Magaha, Mac (1929-2003), fiddler for Reno & Smiley and Porter Wagoner Listen
- McMillan, Willis - played with Bill Wells in the 1980s
- Miller, Ben Tillman - Saluda County
- Mitchell, John - fiddler who influenced Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman
- Morgan, Denver - Pickens
- Mullins, George "Trottin' Sally", died 1931, African American fiddler - Spartanburg
- Norris, Daniel "Bo" (1910-1987) - Ward Listen
- Poplin, Sam (1915-2000) - Columbia, Fiddler on radio in 1930s-40s Listen
- Pritchard, George (1928-2010) - North Augusta, 1955 Southeast Fiddle Champion Listen
- Quinn, Freeman - Spartanburg, SC
- Riddle, Vernon (1935-2011) - Spartanburg, 1989 SC State Champion, 1999 SC Folk Heritage Award Listen
- Shaw, Robert
- Sherrill, Homer "Pappy" (1915-2001) - Chapin, 1988 SC Folk Heritage Award Listen
- Smith, Bob (1918-2012) - Columbia, 1940-42 Fiddler with Aristocratic Pigs Listen
- Sumner, Charles - Buffalo, 2005 SC Folk Heritage Award
- Weaver, John - Landrum, recorded in 1925 and 1938 by Library of Congress Field Recorders
LIVING: (if you're a SC fiddler and want to be on this list, let me know)
- Abernathy, Roger - Aiken Listen
- Amick, Richard - Chapin
- Ashley, Don - Columbia Listen
- Atkinson, Tom - Irmo
- Barkley, John - Columbia
- Bellow, Roger - Mt. Pleasant
- Booker, Bertha - Charleston Listen
- Bradley, Kathy - Columbia
- Britton, Dianne - Columbia
- Brooks, Andy - Pickens, 2016 SC State Fiddle Champion, 2019 SC Folk Heritage Award
- Buckingham, Amy - Blue Ridge Listen
- Buckingham, Bob - Blue Ridge Listen
- Burns, Robert - Taylors, winner 2012 SC Old Time Fiddling Championship
- Calore, Haley - Irmo
- Carder, Ashley - 2012 SC Folk Heritage Award Listen
- Chiles, Julie Listen
- Coan, Jamie - Charleston
- Davis, Millie - Batesburg
- Evans, Joy - Pickens
- Fowler, John - Boiling Springs Listen
- Goers, Marshall - Mauldin
- Goldsmith, David - Greenville Listen
- Graddick, Jim - Blythewood Listen
- Gregory, Lane - Charleston
- Hallman, Nick - Pickens, 1998 SC Folk Heritage Award; 1998 winner, Over 55 Old Time Fiddle, Fiddlers Grove
- Hallman, Kathy - Pickens Listen
- Hamilton, Briggs
- Harlow, Danny
- Hardee, William - Clemson
- Harper, Ray - Pickens/Marietta
- Harris, Kristen - Columbia - 2012 1st place Old Time Fiddle, Hoppin' John Festival, 2013 SC State Fiddle Champion, 2019 SC State Fiddle Champion Listen
- Hearn, Andi - Columbia
- Hollander, Mitch - Mount Pleasant
- Humphries, Caroline Lesley - Columbia
- Hurd, Phil
- Irvin, Michael
- Isler, James - Spartanburg / Cherokee County, SC and Florida
- Jarvis, Nelson - Columbia
- Jefferson, Jimmy - Anderson
- Johnson, Joshua - Pumpkintown, 2012 2nd place Old Time Fiddle, SC State Fiddle Championship Listen
- Kyzer, Alisha Truesdale
- Lane, Shawn - Oconee, Fiddler with Blue Highway
- Lauer, Brooke - Laurens
- Lemhouse, Zach - York
- Lewallen, Worth - Columbia
- Linder, Dave - Charleston
- Lindler, Grady - Lexington, played with Hired Hands in 1940s-60s Listen
- Lucas, Claude - Gaston, 1967 1st Runner Up, Old Time Fiddle, Union Grove; 1992 SC Folk Heritage Award Listen
- Mobley, Jessie Kirchner - Lexington
- Moureaux, Vaughn - Eastover Listen
- O'Kelley, Peyton - Pickens, 2012 1st Place Jr. Fiddle, SC State Fiddle Championship
- Owens, J.C. - Pickens, 2000 SC Folk Heritage Award, 1965 State Champion Fiddler Listen
- Peninger, Virginia - Columbia Listen
- Perez, Gina - Charleston
- Price, Lewis Listen
- Price, Van Listen
- Pruitt, Jimmy - Pauline, 1989 1st Runner Up, Sr Old Time Fiddle, Fiddlers Grove Listen
- Quick, Sarah - Columbia
- Raffield, Andrae - Charleston
- Reidy, Pat - North Augusta
- Ringer, Reid - Saluda, 1987 2nd Runner Up, Old Time Fiddle, Fiddlers Grove Listen
- Rodgers, Lewis - Batesburg
- Rogers, Lillie - Oconee
- Rose, Jeff - Anderson
- Sawyer, Louise - Charleston
- Sheppard, Ivy - Charleston, 2012 1st Runner Up, Hoppin' John Festival Listen
- Shore, Marci - Sullivan's Island
- Sizemore, Olin - Aiken Listen
- Speare, Austen Listen
- Spencer, R.J. - Oconee
- Squires, Mark - Conway, played fiddle with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys in the 1980s Listen
- Stoney, Andrea - Awendaw
- Stovall, Becky - Dacusville
- Thomas, Ella - West Columbia; 2017 SC State Jr Fiddle Champion; 2019 SC State Jr Fiddle Champion; 2019 - 1st place, Youth Old Time Fiddle, Mount Airy; 2018 3rd Place, Youth Old Time Fiddle, Galax; Listen
- Towles, Herman - Pickens
- Uccello, Nina - Charleston
- Wetzel, John - Columbia
- White, David - Dacusville, 2012 3rd place Old Time Fiddle, SC State Fiddle Championship
- Wiley, Pam - Charleston
- Williamson, Chet - Columbia
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