Dale Potter
Musician · b. 1929 · Puxico, Missouri
Best known for
Fiddle
Dale Potter was a Missouri-born fiddler called "the greatest fiddle player who ever lived" and nicknamed "Mr. Double Stop" for his pioneering use of double-stops — a Grand Ole Opry regular from age 18 (1948) and the fiddle on Hank Williams's 1949 sessions including "Lost Highway." A 2014 National Fiddler Hall of Fame inductee.
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- Born April 28, 1929 in Puxico, Missouri; died March 14, 1996.
- Called "the greatest fiddle player who ever lived"; nicknamed "Mr. Double Stop" for innovative double-stop technique.
- First Grand Ole Opry appearance January 29, 1948 (age 18) on "Cattle Call."
- March 1949: recorded with Hank Williams on sessions including "Lost Highway."
- Also recorded with Webb Pierce, Carl Smith, Red Foley, Kitty Wells, Ray Price, Faron Young, Cowboy Copas, Little Jimmy Dickens, and Johnny Paycheck.
- 1952: recorded with the Country All-Stars (Homer & Jethro, Chet Atkins, Jerry Byrd).
- 1955: appeared on the first Everly Brothers recording session.
- Performed and recorded with Bill Monroe in the late 1950s; cut three albums for Stoneway Records (1979). Inducted into the National Fiddler Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass BoysPlayed on recordings with Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
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Hylo BrownPlayed on recording with Hylo Brown