Byron Berline (born July 6, 1944) is an American fiddle player. He is widely recognized as one of the world's premier fiddle players, known for his ability to play almost any style within the vast American tradition—from old-time to ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, rock, and beyond.
Biography
Berline was born in Caldwell, Kansas, started playing the fiddle at age five and quickly developed a talent for it. In 1965, he recorded the album Pickin' and Fiddlin' with the Dillards. The same year, he met Bill Monroe at the Newport Folk Festival and was offered a job with the Bluegrass Boys but he turned it down in order to finish his education. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1967 with a teaching degree in Physical Education, and joined the Bluegrass Boys shortly after.
Byron Berline first met Bill Monroe in 1965 and was offered a job then. It wasn't until 1967 that he actually joined the band, though, replacing Richard Greene in March and leaving to go into the Army in September. He recorded three instrumentals with the Blue Grass Boys, including "Gold Rush" which he cowrote with Monroe, and which has become a jam session standard.
Hamilton County Breakdown - Byron Berline and Bluegrass Week Staff
Berline, Anger, and company burn one at the second of two great Bluegrass Week concerts at Augusta 2015. Learn more about summer programs at www.augustaheritagecenter.org. Video by Bill Dudley.
published: 03 Aug 2015
Sally Goodin by Byron Berline
published: 15 Oct 2012
“Gold Rush” studio session with Byron Berline and Bill Monroe from Mark O’Connor’s “Heroes”
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
Mark O'Connor's "Heroes"
Featuring Byron Berline
"Gold Rush" by Bill Monroe and Byron Berline
Musicians: Mark O'Connor, Byron Berline, Bill Monroe, Dan Crary, John Hickman, Roy Huskey Jr.
Originally released on the album "Heroes" produced by Mark O'Connor - Warner Bros. Records, 1993. Recorded at the Sound Emporium, September 20th, 1992.
Grammy-nominated recording.
In 1992, Mark O’Connor created a history-making album of duets with his violin and fiddle inspirations, entitled “Heroes”. For both historical documentation and further study, there was a video camera in the recording studio during these important recordings and now fans of the violin and fiddle can see up close and in real time, what took place in the recording studio between O’Connor,...
published: 11 Jul 2021
Orange Blossom Special - Doug Dillard with Byron Berline (6/23/79 Km)
Doug worked with the Ozark Mountain Boys before forming the Dillards and moving to Los Angeles in 1962. Shortly after arriving, the group was signed to Elektra Records. The Dillards are notable for being among the first bluegrass groups to have electrified their instruments in the mid-1960s. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the burgeoning southern California folk rock, country rock and progressive bluegrass genres.
Byron Berline is an American fiddle player. He is widely recognized as one of the world's premier fiddle players, known for his ability to play almost any style within the vast American tradition—from old-time to ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, rock, and beyond.
Billy Constable is an Appalachian musician from Spruce Pine, North Carolina, best known for his ...
Berline, Anger, and company burn one at the second of two great Bluegrass Week concerts at Augusta 2015. Learn more about summer programs at www.augustaheritage...
Berline, Anger, and company burn one at the second of two great Bluegrass Week concerts at Augusta 2015. Learn more about summer programs at www.augustaheritagecenter.org. Video by Bill Dudley.
Berline, Anger, and company burn one at the second of two great Bluegrass Week concerts at Augusta 2015. Learn more about summer programs at www.augustaheritagecenter.org. Video by Bill Dudley.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
Mark O'Connor's "Heroes"
Featuring Byron Berline
"Gold Rush" by Bill Monroe and Byron Berline
Musicians: Mark O'Connor, ...
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
Mark O'Connor's "Heroes"
Featuring Byron Berline
"Gold Rush" by Bill Monroe and Byron Berline
Musicians: Mark O'Connor, Byron Berline, Bill Monroe, Dan Crary, John Hickman, Roy Huskey Jr.
Originally released on the album "Heroes" produced by Mark O'Connor - Warner Bros. Records, 1993. Recorded at the Sound Emporium, September 20th, 1992.
Grammy-nominated recording.
In 1992, Mark O’Connor created a history-making album of duets with his violin and fiddle inspirations, entitled “Heroes”. For both historical documentation and further study, there was a video camera in the recording studio during these important recordings and now fans of the violin and fiddle can see up close and in real time, what took place in the recording studio between O’Connor, Byrone Berline, Bill Monroe, Dan Crary, John Hickman and Roy Huskey Jr. Included on this film is the actual recorded takes live in the studio O’Connor and Berline fiddle duos and solos on “Gold Rush” composed by Berline and Bill Monroe who is also featured on this recording. Bonus footage never heard or seen before this film of additional takes in the studio, discarded for the final recording, but could easily have been included as both of these masters played twin fiddles and improvised back and forth to each other for most of the day. “Heroes” released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records, was nominated for 2 Grammys and sold 200,000 CDs in its first pressing. Since then, the album has become a classic and an inspiration for violin and fiddle fans for two generations and counting.
For more information on Mark O'Connor, String Camps, The O'Connor Method, ensembles, repertoire, sheet music and more, please visit http://www.markoconnor.com
For More YouTubes of Mark O'Connor's music:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
http://www.markoconnor.com
http://www.markoconnorband.com
http://www.oconnormethod.com
http://www.oconnormethodstringcamp.com
http://www.omacrecords.com
https://www.facebook.com/markoconnorofficial/ https://www.instagram.com/markoconnorband/
https://twitter.com/MOCViolin
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zfaMrd5q4szVTxVYWuoDV https://soundcloud.com/oconnormethod
https://vimeo.com/markoconnor
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
Mark O'Connor's "Heroes"
Featuring Byron Berline
"Gold Rush" by Bill Monroe and Byron Berline
Musicians: Mark O'Connor, Byron Berline, Bill Monroe, Dan Crary, John Hickman, Roy Huskey Jr.
Originally released on the album "Heroes" produced by Mark O'Connor - Warner Bros. Records, 1993. Recorded at the Sound Emporium, September 20th, 1992.
Grammy-nominated recording.
In 1992, Mark O’Connor created a history-making album of duets with his violin and fiddle inspirations, entitled “Heroes”. For both historical documentation and further study, there was a video camera in the recording studio during these important recordings and now fans of the violin and fiddle can see up close and in real time, what took place in the recording studio between O’Connor, Byrone Berline, Bill Monroe, Dan Crary, John Hickman and Roy Huskey Jr. Included on this film is the actual recorded takes live in the studio O’Connor and Berline fiddle duos and solos on “Gold Rush” composed by Berline and Bill Monroe who is also featured on this recording. Bonus footage never heard or seen before this film of additional takes in the studio, discarded for the final recording, but could easily have been included as both of these masters played twin fiddles and improvised back and forth to each other for most of the day. “Heroes” released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records, was nominated for 2 Grammys and sold 200,000 CDs in its first pressing. Since then, the album has become a classic and an inspiration for violin and fiddle fans for two generations and counting.
For more information on Mark O'Connor, String Camps, The O'Connor Method, ensembles, repertoire, sheet music and more, please visit http://www.markoconnor.com
For More YouTubes of Mark O'Connor's music:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
http://www.markoconnor.com
http://www.markoconnorband.com
http://www.oconnormethod.com
http://www.oconnormethodstringcamp.com
http://www.omacrecords.com
https://www.facebook.com/markoconnorofficial/ https://www.instagram.com/markoconnorband/
https://twitter.com/MOCViolin
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zfaMrd5q4szVTxVYWuoDV https://soundcloud.com/oconnormethod
https://vimeo.com/markoconnor
Doug worked with the Ozark Mountain Boys before forming the Dillards and moving to Los Angeles in 1962. Shortly after arriving, the group was signed to Elektra ...
Doug worked with the Ozark Mountain Boys before forming the Dillards and moving to Los Angeles in 1962. Shortly after arriving, the group was signed to Elektra Records. The Dillards are notable for being among the first bluegrass groups to have electrified their instruments in the mid-1960s. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the burgeoning southern California folk rock, country rock and progressive bluegrass genres.
Byron Berline is an American fiddle player. He is widely recognized as one of the world's premier fiddle players, known for his ability to play almost any style within the vast American tradition—from old-time to ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, rock, and beyond.
Billy Constable is an Appalachian musician from Spruce Pine, North Carolina, best known for his three-finger-picking banjo technique and his vigorous acoustic guitar leads.
Bill Bryson, Ray Park, Skip Conover
This performance is available on DVD from [email protected]
Doug worked with the Ozark Mountain Boys before forming the Dillards and moving to Los Angeles in 1962. Shortly after arriving, the group was signed to Elektra Records. The Dillards are notable for being among the first bluegrass groups to have electrified their instruments in the mid-1960s. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the burgeoning southern California folk rock, country rock and progressive bluegrass genres.
Byron Berline is an American fiddle player. He is widely recognized as one of the world's premier fiddle players, known for his ability to play almost any style within the vast American tradition—from old-time to ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, rock, and beyond.
Billy Constable is an Appalachian musician from Spruce Pine, North Carolina, best known for his three-finger-picking banjo technique and his vigorous acoustic guitar leads.
Bill Bryson, Ray Park, Skip Conover
This performance is available on DVD from [email protected]
Berline, Anger, and company burn one at the second of two great Bluegrass Week concerts at Augusta 2015. Learn more about summer programs at www.augustaheritagecenter.org. Video by Bill Dudley.
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
Mark O'Connor's "Heroes"
Featuring Byron Berline
"Gold Rush" by Bill Monroe and Byron Berline
Musicians: Mark O'Connor, Byron Berline, Bill Monroe, Dan Crary, John Hickman, Roy Huskey Jr.
Originally released on the album "Heroes" produced by Mark O'Connor - Warner Bros. Records, 1993. Recorded at the Sound Emporium, September 20th, 1992.
Grammy-nominated recording.
In 1992, Mark O’Connor created a history-making album of duets with his violin and fiddle inspirations, entitled “Heroes”. For both historical documentation and further study, there was a video camera in the recording studio during these important recordings and now fans of the violin and fiddle can see up close and in real time, what took place in the recording studio between O’Connor, Byrone Berline, Bill Monroe, Dan Crary, John Hickman and Roy Huskey Jr. Included on this film is the actual recorded takes live in the studio O’Connor and Berline fiddle duos and solos on “Gold Rush” composed by Berline and Bill Monroe who is also featured on this recording. Bonus footage never heard or seen before this film of additional takes in the studio, discarded for the final recording, but could easily have been included as both of these masters played twin fiddles and improvised back and forth to each other for most of the day. “Heroes” released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records, was nominated for 2 Grammys and sold 200,000 CDs in its first pressing. Since then, the album has become a classic and an inspiration for violin and fiddle fans for two generations and counting.
For more information on Mark O'Connor, String Camps, The O'Connor Method, ensembles, repertoire, sheet music and more, please visit http://www.markoconnor.com
For More YouTubes of Mark O'Connor's music:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MarkOConnor
http://www.markoconnor.com
http://www.markoconnorband.com
http://www.oconnormethod.com
http://www.oconnormethodstringcamp.com
http://www.omacrecords.com
https://www.facebook.com/markoconnorofficial/ https://www.instagram.com/markoconnorband/
https://twitter.com/MOCViolin
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zfaMrd5q4szVTxVYWuoDV https://soundcloud.com/oconnormethod
https://vimeo.com/markoconnor
Doug worked with the Ozark Mountain Boys before forming the Dillards and moving to Los Angeles in 1962. Shortly after arriving, the group was signed to Elektra Records. The Dillards are notable for being among the first bluegrass groups to have electrified their instruments in the mid-1960s. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of the burgeoning southern California folk rock, country rock and progressive bluegrass genres.
Byron Berline is an American fiddle player. He is widely recognized as one of the world's premier fiddle players, known for his ability to play almost any style within the vast American tradition—from old-time to ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, rock, and beyond.
Billy Constable is an Appalachian musician from Spruce Pine, North Carolina, best known for his three-finger-picking banjo technique and his vigorous acoustic guitar leads.
Bill Bryson, Ray Park, Skip Conover
This performance is available on DVD from [email protected]
Byron Berline (born July 6, 1944) is an American fiddle player. He is widely recognized as one of the world's premier fiddle players, known for his ability to play almost any style within the vast American tradition—from old-time to ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, rock, and beyond.
Biography
Berline was born in Caldwell, Kansas, started playing the fiddle at age five and quickly developed a talent for it. In 1965, he recorded the album Pickin' and Fiddlin' with the Dillards. The same year, he met Bill Monroe at the Newport Folk Festival and was offered a job with the Bluegrass Boys but he turned it down in order to finish his education. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1967 with a teaching degree in Physical Education, and joined the Bluegrass Boys shortly after.
Byron Berline first met Bill Monroe in 1965 and was offered a job then. It wasn't until 1967 that he actually joined the band, though, replacing Richard Greene in March and leaving to go into the Army in September. He recorded three instrumentals with the Blue Grass Boys, including "Gold Rush" which he cowrote with Monroe, and which has become a jam session standard.