Fred Cockerham

Fred Cockerham (3 November 1905 - July 8, 1980) was an American fiddle and banjo player of American folk music.[1]

Fred Cockerham
Born(1905-11-03)3 November 1905
OriginNorth Carolina, United States
Died8 July 1980(1980-07-08) (aged 74)
GenresAmerican folk
InstrumentsFiddle, banjo

Cockerham was one of the seven children of Elias and Betty Jane Cockerham in North Carolina.[1] He was one of the most accomplished of all the "Round Peak," North Carolina musicians but is most commonly known as the banjo accompanist to Tommy Jarrell. He played the fiddle in a more modern style than Jarrell, but played the fretless banjo in an old clawhammer style much like that of his old mentor, Charley Lowe.[1]

Discography
Year Title Label Number Notes
1965Clawhammer Banjo: Old Time Banjo and Fiddle TunesCounty701reissued on County CD 2716, Clawhammer Banjo Vol 1 (2002) with extra tracks
1968Down to the Cider MillCounty713with Tommy Jarrell & Oscar Jenkins. This and the two below LPs were reissued with the exception of several tracks on 2 County CDs - 2734 & 2735 (2004) [2]
1970Back Home in the Blue RidgeCounty723
1973Stay All Night and Don't Go HomeCounty741
1975High Atmosphere: Ballads and Banjo Tunes from Virginia and North CarolinaRounder0028recorded by John Cohen in 1965, reissued on Rounder CD 028 (1995) with 11 additional tracks
1976Music from Round PeakHeritage Records10with Tommy Jarrell, Mac Snow et al.[3]
1978Under the Double EagleSnowflake103Fred's solo fiddle album
1978Southern ClawhammerKicking MuleKM 213several solo banjo tracks recorded by Ray Alden
1992Best Fiddle-Banjo DuetsCountyCD 2702with Tommy Jarrell, duets now on the 2 County CDs 2734-2735 plus field recordings from the collection of Ray Alden & Dave Spilkia (out-of-print)
2004Fred CockerhamField Recorders CollectiveFRC 101recorded by Ray Alden
2008Round Peak Volume 1Field Recorders CollectiveFRC 109recorded by Ray Alden
2008Round Peak Volume 2Field Recorders CollectiveFRC 110recorded by Ray Alden

References
  1. Ray Alden. "Fred Cockerham". The Field Recorders' Collective. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  2. own vinyl and CD copies
  3. own vinyl copy
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