1. Gabriel Witcher was born on June 11,1978 and is an American multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and arranger, best known as a fiddle player and singer.
13 Facts About Gabe Witcher
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Gabe Witcher is a founding member of the string ensemble Punch Brothers.
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Gabe Witcher began his performing career in 1984, at the age of six, at the Strawberry Music Festival in Yosemite when he was invited on stage by Bill Monroe to perform a duet in front of a workshop crowd.
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In 1993 Gabe Witcher contributed original compositions to the soundtrack of the 1983 film The Skateboard Kid.
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Gabe Witcher was with the Ramblers four years and recorded two albums with them.
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In 2002 Gabe Witcher joined Jerry Douglas' band and was a regular member until the formation of Punch Brothers in 2008.
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Gabe Witcher spent 2005 working with Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina on the Loggins and Messina "Sittin' In Again" tour where he played Fiddle, Mandolin, Dobro, Percussion and sang.
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Gabe Witcher performed with Eve 6 on the Horrorscope tour performing bass and backing vocals, allowing vocalist Max Collins more mobility onstage.
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Gabe Witcher performed on the track "Anytime" from the 2001 film Out Cold.
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Gabe Witcher co-produced music with T Bone Burnett for the television shows Nashville and True Detective.
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Gabe Witcher has appeared on records by Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Beck, Willie Nelson, Neil Diamond, Fiona Apple, and Shania Twain.
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Gabe Witcher has written arrangements for Elton John, Kronos Quartet, Punch Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, Boston Pops, San Francisco Symphony, l'Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, North Carolina Symphony, The Secret Sisters, Nashville, and True Detective.
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Gabe Witcher composed and arranged music for Red Dead Redemption 2 and was music director and conductor for the live performance of the score at the Red Bull Music Festival in Los Angeles in the Spring of 2019.