1. Byron Douglas Berline was an American fiddle player who played many American music styles, including old time, ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, and rock.
15 Facts About Byron Berline
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Byron Berline started playing the fiddle at age five and quickly developed his talent.
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Byron Berline graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1967 with a teaching degree in Physical Education and joined the Bluegrass Boys in March, replacing Richard Greene.
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Byron Berline recorded three instrumentals with them, including "Gold Rush", which Berline and Monroe co-wrote, and which has become a jam session standard.
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Byron Berline left the group in September 1967 when he was drafted into the Army.
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At the time, Byron Berline had just left the US army, and recording with the Stones catapulted his career exponentially.
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Byron Berline won the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest Championship in Weiser, Idaho, in 1965, and won it again in 1967 and 1970.
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Byron Berline joined The Flying Burrito Brothers in 1971, recording two albums, Last of the Red Hot Burritos and Six Days On the Road: Live in Amsterdam.
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Together with Alan Munde, Kenny Wertz, and Roger Bush, Byron Berline formed the band Country Gazette early in 1972.
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In 1979 Byron Berline had a small role as a country musician in the film The Rose.
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Byron Berline has recorded several solo albums, most notably Fiddle and a Song, with guest performances from Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, Vince Gill and Mason Williams.
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On February 23,2019, the Double Stop Fiddle Shop burned to the ground while Byron Berline was in Mexico.
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Byron Berline opened a new venue, the Double Stop Fiddle Shop and Music Hall, across the street.
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Byron Berline died at the age of 77 on July 10,2021, in Oklahoma City of complications of a stroke.
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Byron Berline's music has appeared in television and film soundtracks, including Star Trek, Blue Collar, Hardcore, Basic Instinct, Blaze, Back to the Future Part III, Northern Exposure, Stay Hungry, and Run, Simon, Run.