Andy Leftwich
Contemporary Bluegrass
Andy Leftwich is a Tennessee-born fiddler and mandolinist who joined Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at 19 and stayed nearly sixteen years — a four-time Grammy winner whose Nashville session work threads through bluegrass, country, and pop.
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- Born July 30, 1981 in White House, Tennessee, into a musical family.
- Started fiddle at age 6; won the National Championship for Beginners at 12 and the Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championship at 15.
- Began touring professionally at 15 with Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike in the late 1990s.
- Joined Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder in 2000–2001 and stayed nearly 16 years before leaving at the end of 2016.
- Four-time Grammy winner through his Kentucky Thunder work.
- Co-founded the trio Three Ring Circle in 2005 with dobro player Rob Ickes and bassist Dave Pomeroy.
- Multi-instrumentalist on fiddle, mandolin, and guitar; in-demand Nashville session player for Taylor Swift, Alan Jackson, and Steven Curtis Chapman, among others.
- Married to Rachel Leftwich, a niece of Ricky Skaggs.
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The American Fiddler2022 · Mountain Home MH 20732
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