Robert Sykes

Robert Sykes: was a near neighbour of Tommy Jarrell.  A few years younger than Tommy, he had leant to play the fiddle in his youth, but had not played in years.  Tommy, however, encourage Robert to begin again and it was wonderful to hear Robert playing not only old-timey tunes, but also some tunes which seemed to bridge the gap between ‘old-time’ and ‘bluegrass’ music.

Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs Far in the Mountains (MTCD321-4)