Caleb Klauder

Recording Artist · Active 2000–present · Philadelphia · Also a musician

Classic Country Gospel Old-Time (Contemporary)

Caleb Klauder is a Pacific Northwest mandolinist and singer who co-founded Foghorn Stringband in 2000, leads the Caleb Klauder Country Band, and tours as a duo with partner Reeb Willms — widely described as the "first couple" of Pacific Northwest old-time and traditional country.

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Born 1971; raised between Orcas Island, Washington and Little Cumberland, Georgia.
Co-founded Foghorn Stringband at the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest in Weiser, Idaho in 2000 with Sammy Lind, P.T. Grover Jr., and Brian Bagdonas.
Plays mandolin and sings; also plays fiddle and guitar.
Mandolin style draws heavily on fiddle and banjo phrasing — known for head-to-head melody work with fiddler Sammy Lind.
Foghorn Stringband, based in Portland, Oregon, is regarded as one of the leading West Coast old-time string bands.
Also leads the Caleb Klauder Country Band, anchored in Pacific Northwest honky-tonk and traditional country.
Performs and records as a duo with partner Reeb Willms.
Currently lives in the San Juan Islands of Washington.