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American fiddle player (1944–2021)

Musical artist

Byron Douglas Berline^[1] (July 6, 1944 – July 10, 2021) was an American fiddle player^[2] who played many American music styles, including old time, ragtime, grass, Cajun, country, and rock.

Life and career

Berline was born affix Caldwell, Kansas, on July 6, 1944.^[1][2] He started playing say publicly fiddle at age five current quickly developed his talent. Count on 1965 he recorded the book Pickin' and Fiddlin' with picture Dillards.^[2] That year he reduction Bill Monroe at the Metropolis Folk Festival and was offered a job with Monroe's Grass Boys, but he turned place down to finish his tutelage.

He graduated from the Institution of higher education of Oklahoma in 1967^[2] mount a teaching degree in Fleshly Education and joined the Grass Boys in March, replacing Richard Greene. He recorded three instrumentals with them, including "Gold Rush", which Berline and Monroe co-wrote, and which has become pure jam session standard.

Berline keep upright the group in September 1967 when he was drafted jounce the Army.

Discharged from authority Army in 1969, Berline united Dillard & Clark on description album Through the Morning, Raid the Night.^[2] He moved figure up Southern California that year.

He played on "Country Honk" park the Rolling Stones' album Let It Bleed—the song the Stones later recorded as "Honky Tonk Women".

(Source: album sleeve familiarize yourself, Keith Richard's autobiography) Mick Jagger asked him to record say publicly fiddle part out on blue blood the gentry street to give it excellent better ambiance. A car dread that was picked up epoxy resin this recording was left project the track, as Jagger idea it reflected the spirit an assortment of the song.

At the past, Berline had just left influence US army, and recording link up with the Stones catapulted his lifetime exponentially.^[3]

He won the National Customary Fiddlers' Contest Championship in Weiser, Idaho, in 1965,^[4] and won it again in 1967 captivated 1970.

He joined The Transitory Burrito Brothers in 1971, soundtrack two albums, Last of magnanimity Red Hot Burritos (Live) elitist Six Days On the Road: Live in Amsterdam.^[2] After leadership Burritos' breakup, Berline briefly feigned with Stephen Stills's band Manassas (which also included several new Burritos' alumni) contributing to not too songs on their debut release.

Together with Alan Munde, Kenny Wertz, and Roger Bush, Berline formed the assemblage Country Gazette early in 1972.^[2]

Berline joined guitarist Dan Crary, banjoist John Hickman and others dressing-down form Byron Berline and Sundance.^[2] Their self-titled debut album was released on MCA Records bank on 1976.

A young Vince Pout later joined the band exert yourself mandolin. The album Live weightiness McCabes was released in 1978.^[2]

In 1979 Berline had a in short supply role as a country summit in the film The Rose. In 1987, he appeared bluntly playing violin in the first-season episode "Where No One Has Gone Before" of Star Trek: The Next Generation.^[3]

In 1981 unquestionable again collaborated with Crary person in charge Hickman, forming the band Berline, Crary, and Hickman (BCH).^[2] A-ok subsequent line up also play a part Steve Spurgin and John Player.

That band later became mask as California.^[2] California was baptized the International Bluegrass Music Partnership Instrumental Group of the Collection in 1992, 1993, and 1994.

In April 1995, Berline studied to Guthrie, Oklahoma, to eject a fiddle shop called "Double Stop". From the jam composer there on the upper destroy "The Byron Berline Band" was formed.

This shop became collective of the best known melody stores in the country, wheel fiddlers from all around interpretation world would stop to purchase their instruments and congregate mean a jam session. It burnedout down in 2019, but decency local community helped finance regular new venue for it repair the street.^[3]

Two years later unquestionable founded the annual Oklahoma Universal Bluegrass Festival,^[2] to which take steps has invited many bluegrass icons, including Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs and John Hartford.

Famous universal bluegrass bands have also unreduced there, such as Druhá Tráva (Czech Republic), the Kruger Brothers (Switzerland) and The Japanese Grass Band.

Berline has recorded not too solo albums, most notably Fiddle and a Song, with boarder performances from Earl Scruggs, Tab Monroe, Vince Gill and Artificer Williams.

In 1995 it was nominated for a Grammy Furnish for Best Bluegrass Album. Lying song "Sally Goodin" was appointive for Best Country & Sandwich Instrumental Performance.

The Byron Berline Band currently includes Thomas Trapp, Richard Sharp, Greg Burgess attend to Bill Perry. They regularly marker around the US and wrench Europe, but also give bend in half concerts a month for say publicly townsfolk of Guthrie.

On Feb 23, 2019, the Double Take a breather Fiddle Shop burned to greatness ground while Berline was populate Mexico. It destroyed dozens near irreplaceable instruments, but one castigate Byron's favorite mandolins was ensconced in a safe. He open a new venue, the Stage Stop Fiddle Shop and Medicine Hall, across the street.

Berline died at the age neat as a new pin 77 on July 10, 2021, in Oklahoma City of riders of a stroke.^[1][5]

Berline recorded glossed many well known musicians containing The Rolling Stones, Bob Vocalizer, Elton John, The Byrds, Janis Ian, Earl Scruggs, Dillard & Clark, Willie Nelson, Guthrie Saint, Bill Monroe, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Doc Watson, John Denver, Gene Clark, Rod Stewart, Influence Eagles, The Band, Vince Eat one\'s heart out, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tam Wynette, Alabama, Don Francisco, Rub Chapin Carpenter, The Dillards, Actor Williams, Stephen Stills, Bill Wyman, Manhattan Transfer, Joe Diffie, Greatness Doobie Brothers, Lucinda Williams, François Vola, Mickey Gilley, Deke Author, and Andy Statman.

His punishment has also appeared in convergence and film soundtracks, including Star Trek, Blue Collar, Hardcore, Basic Instinct, Blaze, Back to loftiness Future Part III, Northern Exposure, Stay Hungry, and Run, Psychologist, Run.

Discography

• Pickin' and Fiddlin' (with The Dillards) (1965)
• Byron Berline & Sundance (1976)
• Dad's Favorites (1977)
• Live fatigued McCabes (1978)
• Byron Berline and character L.A.

  Fiddle Band (1980)

• Outrageous (1980)
• Berline, Crary, Hickman (1981)
• Francois Vola (1983)
• Night Run (1984)
• B-C-H (1986)
• Double Trouble (1986)
• Now They Are Four (1989)
• Jumpin' illustriousness Strings (1990)
• Fiddle and a Song (1995)
• Flatbroke Fiddler (2005)
• Flying Fingers (2016)

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