George Hawkins

George Hawkins: A true instrumental virtuoso, fiddler George represented one of our most important informants (Rdr 0376; we are planning to issue more in the future).  Although the topic only came up at the end of our last recording session, George knew various little snatches of ballad and song from early in the twentieth century (his wife, who died very young, was reportedly a good singer).  George mainly worked as a hired hand, although he ran a radio show for a brief period and developed his technical skills on the violin to a very high degree (he was briefly recorded for the Library of Congress in the late 1940's by Artus Moser).

Part of the booklet notes, written by Mark Wilson, to the Musical Traditions Records 4-CD set Meeting's a Pleasure (MTCD341-4)