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Kirk Brandenberger - Fiddlin' Around [Bluegrass] 1977- Professional Artist Records ‎– PAS 7733-145

Artist: Kirk Brandenberger Album Title: Fiddlin' Around - [Bluegrass] Released: 1977 Label: Professional Artist Records Cat#: PAS 7733-145 ________________________ Artist Biography b. 16 August 1955, Keokuk, Iowa, USA. A popular country fiddler, Brandenberger has played with guitarist Karl Shiflett And His Big Country Show, which includes Lyle Meador (mandolin), Jake Jenkins (banjo), Kris Shiflett (bass). He is also owner of Prime Cuts radio network and has been deeply involved in the promotion of bluegrass music on record and radio for many years. Among artists he has recorded are the All Girl Boys, the Coffey Brothers, Randall Hylton, Chris Jones, Jim Simpson, Larry Stephenson, Julie Wingfield and the Smokey River Boys. For his work in compiling albums of bluegrass music, in 2006 Brandenberger was inducted into America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame. Songs in his repertoire include ‘St. Anne’s Reel’. ***************************************************** A native of Iowa, Kirk Brandenberger came to the southwestern Ohio area to play fiddle with Larry Sparks in the late 1970s. While with Larry, he helped record one of Larry’s best albums, John Deere Tractor. After two and a half years with Larry, he went back to Keokuk, Iowa and subsequently to Owensboro, Kentucky to become involved in record store management. While in Owensboro, he helped start the ROMP festival for the International Bluegrass Music Museum. He also served on the Board of Directors of IBMA. He and his wife Becky started the bluegrass radio service Prime Cuts of Bluegrass, which they ran for 12 years. In 2004 they were honored with the IBMA’s Distinguished Achievement Award. After returning to Keokuk in 1994, he again managed the record store there and played fiddle for Karl Shiflett on his breakthrough album on Rebel in 2002. He became the Executive Director of the Keokuk Area Convention and Tourism Bureau in 2013. In 2014, he was inducted into the Iowa Bluegrass Hall of Fame. He recorded two fiddle LPs: Fiddlin’ Around in 1977 and Fiddler on the Hoof in 1988.