Billy Hurt
Musician · Roanoke, Virginia
Best known for
Fiddle
Billy Hurt is a Virginia fiddler with an unusually direct link to the older tradition: he was mentored as a young player by Clark Kessinger, the West Virginia contest fiddler whose 1920s recordings are a primary source for the style.
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- He is from the Roanoke area, in the part of Virginia that has produced more contest fiddlers than any other.
- Kessinger, a family friend, taught him directly — a transmission that skips two generations of recordings.
- He is a noted contest fiddler known for precise, traditional playing rather than showmanship.
- He has performed and recorded with the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys.
- In this catalog he plays fiddle on four Po’ Ramblin’ Boys recordings.
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Audie Blaylock and RedlinePlayed on recordings with Audie Blaylock and Redline
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The Po’ Ramblin’ BoysPlayed on recordings with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys
