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Jim Chancellor

Musician · b. 1943
Best known for Fiddle

Jim Chancellor, known as “Texas Shorty,” is an American fiddler, a master of the Texas long-bow style.

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  • Born in 1943 in Dallas, Texas.
  • Studied with the legendary fiddler Benny Thomasson.
  • Was the youngest fiddler ever to win the World Champion Fiddler title, and won the Texas State Championship three years in a row.
  • Received the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship in 2010.

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