Glen Duncan
Musician · b. 1955 · Columbus, Indiana
Best known for
Fiddle
Glen Duncan is a Nashville session fiddler and Grammy-winning collaborator with Earl Scruggs, a multi-instrumentalist who has played on records by Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, George Strait, and Vince Gill while also co-founding two of the most respected bluegrass studio supergroups of the past three decades, Lonesome Standard Time and Longview.
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- Born May 5, 1955 in Columbus, Indiana; began on lap steel at age 6 and switched to fiddle as a teenager after hearing Kenny Baker and Vassar Clements.
- Worked the Cincinnati studio scene before settling in Nashville in the late 1970s; sideman with The Kendalls, Bill Monroe, Larry Sparks, Jim & Jesse, the Osborne Brothers, and Mike Snider.
- Founded Glen Duncan and Phoenix in 1980; co-founded Lonesome Standard Time with Larry Cordle in 1990, and Longview (with James King, Joe Mullins, Dudley Connell, Marshall Wilburn, and Don Rigsby) in 1997.
- Released solo albums Town and Country Fiddler (1985), Sweetwater (1988), and Roving Gambler.
- Toured with Earl Scruggs from 2000 to 2003; won the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with Earl Scruggs and Friends at the 44th Grammys (2002).
- Won IBMA Recorded Event / Collaborative Recording of the Year in 2003 for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III; multiple SPBGMA Fiddler of the Year wins.
- Co-wrote "Gallatin Road" with Earl Scruggs.
- Suffered a major stroke and car accident in December 2023 with resulting paralysis; the Nashville bluegrass community held a benefit at 3rd & Lindsley in May 2024 with Vince Gill, Rhonda Vincent, and Stuart Duncan.
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Jim & JessePlayed on recordings with Jim & Jesse
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The Osborne BrothersPlayed on recordings with The Osborne Brothers
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LongviewPlayed on recordings with Longview
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Larry Sparks and the Lonesome RamblersPlayed on recordings with Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers
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Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top X-PressPlayed on recordings with Bobby Osborne and the Rocky Top X-Press
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Earl ScruggsPlayed on recordings with Earl Scruggs
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Hazel DickensPlayed on recordings with Hazel Dickens
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J.D. Crowe and the New SouthPlayed on recordings with J.D. Crowe and the New South
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The Country GentlemenPlayed on recordings with The Country Gentlemen
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Audie Blaylock and RedlinePlayed on recording with Audie Blaylock and Redline
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Dan TyminskiPlayed on recording with Dan Tyminski
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Doyle Lawson and QuicksilverPlayed on recording with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
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Joe Isaacs and the Sacred BluegrassPlayed on recording with Joe Isaacs and the Sacred Bluegrass
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Keith WhitleyPlayed on recording with Keith Whitley
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandPlayed on recording with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band