Instruments Fiddle, banjo Name Fred Cockerham | Role Musician Genres American folk music | |
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Born 3 November 1905 ( 1905-11-03 ) Origin North Carolina, United States Died July 8, 1980, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States Albums Down To The Cider Mill, Stay All Night… and Don't Go Home, Fred Cockerham Similar People Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Wade Ward, Bob Carlin, Benton Flippen | ||
Fred Cockerham - Little Satchel
Fred Cockerham (3 November 1905 - July 8, 1980) was a fiddle and banjo player of American folk music.
Cockerham was one of the seven children of Elias and Betty Jane Cockerham in North Carolina. He was one of the most accomplished of all the "Round Peak," North Carolina musicians but is most commonly known as the banjo accompanist to Tommy Jarrell. He played the fiddle in a more modern style than Jarrell, but played the fretless banjo in an old clawhammer style much like that of his old mentor, Charley Lowe.
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