19 Facts About Terry Baucom

Terry Baucom was an American bluegrass banjo player, fiddle player, vocalist and band leader.

Terry Baucom was nicknamed "The Duke of Drive" for his propelling, driving banjo style.

Terry Baucom led his band, The Dukes of Drive, and was a founding member of Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and IIIrd Tyme Out.

Terry Baucom's father played guitar, his grandfather played clawhammer banjo, and his great-grandfather played fiddle.

Terry Baucom played the banjo in his father Lloyd Terry Baucom's group The Rocky River Boys.

Terry Baucom played fiddle with Charlie Moore from 1970 until 1973.

In 1976, Terry Baucom was a founding member of Boone Creek at age 22 years with Ricky Skaggs, Wes Golding, Jerry Douglas and Steve Bryant.

From 2003 until 2007, Terry Baucom re-joined Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver for a second stint.

In 1986, Terry Baucom formed the short-lived band The New Quicksilver with Randy Graham, Alan Bibey, and Jimmy Haley.

In 1998, Terry Baucom formed BlueRidge, which was a reunited New Quicksilver.

Terry Baucom was a founding member of IIIrd Tyme Out in 1991 with Russell Moore, Mike Hargrove, and Ray Deaton.

From 1993, Terry Baucom until 1996, Terry Baucom was a member of Carolina with Lou Reid who started the band named Carolina.

In 1996, Terry Baucom stopped touring so he could freelance and teach music in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area.

Terry Baucom was a part-time member of the Mark Newton Band and the Kenny and Amanda Smith Band.

In 2009, Terry Baucom joined Dale Ann Bradley's band, then the Mashville Brigade.

Terry Baucom occasionally performed with Mountain Heart with Tony Rice.

Terry Baucom was named Broadcaster of the Year by the IBMA in 2005 and 2017 and was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Terry Baucom died from complications of Lewy body dementia on December 7,2023, at the age of 71.

In 2001, Terry Baucom won the International Bluegrass Music Association Instrumental Recording of the Year award.