Charlie Bowman Musical artist

Charles Thomas Bowman (July 30, 1889 – May 20, 1962) was an American old-time fiddle player and string band leader. He was a major influence on the distinctive fiddle sound that helped shape and develop early Country music in the 1920s and 1930s. After delivering a series of performances that won him the first prize in dozens of fiddle contests across Southern Appalachia in the early 1920s, Bowman toured and recorded with several string bands and vaudeville acts before forming his own band, the Blue Ridge Music Makers, in 1935. In his career, he would be associated with country and bluegrass pioneers such as Uncle Dave Macon, Fiddlin' John Carson, Roy Acuff, Charlie Poole, and Bill Monroe.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman Fox Hunt Charlie
Birth dateJuly 30, 1889
Birth place
Gray Tennessee , United States
Date of deathMay 20, 1962

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Musical artist

Career started1920
Career ended1957
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Old-time music
record label
Brunswick Records
Vocalion Records

Charlie Bowman on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.juneberry78s.com/otmsampler/otmsampat77.html