Benton Flippen
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Benton was born in 1920, the seventh of eight children. Benton recounts that he started playing the banjo in his early teens, and picked up the fiddle when he was about eighteen. He also played guitar from time to time, and his wife Lois recalls that he even sang the occasional song when they were courting. More…
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- Tags:
- old-timey, americana, fiddle, appalachia, old-time
- Similar to:
- The Red Hots, Mark Schatz, Kirk Sutphin, Bob Holt, Arnie Naiman
