Biography: Uncle Bonsai, Uncle Bunt Stephens, Uncle Dave Macon, Uncle Earl, Uncle Eck Dunford, Uncle Henry's Original Kentucky Mountaineers, Uncle Homer Walker, Uncle Jimmy Thompson, Uncle Walt's Band, Udell McPeak,

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Uncle Bonsai Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bizarre and outrageous, Uncle Bonsai was formed in Seattle in 1981 by three former Bennington College students: Andrew Ratshin, Ashley Kristin, and Arni Adler Uncle Bonsai were a guitar and three part vocal outfit who specialized in singing the weirdest songs — “Penis Envy,” “Cheerleaders on Drugs” — with sublimely angelic voices

Uncle Bunt Stephens Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most amazing fiddlers of his era, Uncle Bunt Stephens won contests galore during the ’20s and later appeared on the Grand Ole Opry as the “World Champion Fiddler

Uncle Dave Macon Biography, Photos, Pictures

Uncle Dave Macon, beginning his professional musical career after the age of 50, brought musical and performance traditions of the 19th-century South to the radio shows and the recording catalogues of the early country music industry

Initially the brainchild of Michigan folksingers KC Groves (now based in Lyons, CO) and Jo Serrapere, Uncle Earl were founded in 2000 after each artist had established herself as a solo artist

Uncle Eck Dunford Biography, Photos, Pictures

Fiddler Uncle Eck Dunford recorded several sides for Victor during the late ’20s, though he’s best-known for his partnership with Ernest Pop Stoneman (of the Stoneman Family)

Uncle Henry's Original Kentucky Mountaineers Biography, Photos, Pictures

Uncle Henry's Original Kentucky Mountaineers
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Uncle Henry’s Original Kentucky Mountaineers actually did come from Kentucky, unlike some old-timey music combos that simply pretended to be: Crockett’s Kentucky Mountaineers, for example, was actually a Fresno band

Uncle Homer Walker Biography, Photos, Pictures

John “Uncle” Homer Walker was born in 1904 in Summers County, VA, although he lived most of his life in Glen Lyn, VA (Giles County) A fine clawhammer banjo player in the archaic black Appalachian tradition, Walker was the subject of a short documentary film, Banjo Man, produced in 1977 by Seattle filmmaker Joe Vinikow and narrated by Taj Mahal

Uncle Jimmy Thompson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Many details in the history of American country music are more like legends than facts Uncle Jimmy Thompson, it is said in legend, was the very first musician to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, or the series of live radio broadcasts of old-time music that eventually became known under that catchy moniker

Uncle Walt's Band Biography, Photos, Pictures

Uncle Walt was Walter Hyatt, his band was Champ Hood and David Ball The group became a legend on an Austin music scene already crowded with legends and the three members can certainly be considered to have similar status

Udell McPeak Biography, Photos, Pictures

In a genre often simply called “mountain music” and always closely associated with the Appalachian mountains, Udell McPeak is one of the few performers who actually has part of a mountain built right into his name

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