Lee Stripling
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Lee Edwin Stripling (August 30, 1921 – April 20, 2009) was a singer and fiddler in the old-time style.
Stripling was born in
Western Swing
.
Stripling served in the
Northwest Folklife Festival, MerleFest, The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention[2] and touring several times through his old home region of Northwestern Alabama. He played with the Lee Stripling Trio and with the Six Footed Boys. He died on April 20, 2009, at the age of 87. He was married to Lucille (died 1998)[3]
with whom he had two daughters.
A documentary featuring him, Winging My Way Back Home: The Stripling Fiddle Legacy, was filmed over a three-year period by Jeri Vaughn.
Recordings
- Hogs Picking Up Acorns Voyager, VRCD349, 2000
- The Lee Stripling Trio
References
- Seattle Times.
- ^ "The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention". Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- Seattle Times.
External links
- Lee Stripling website
- YouTube performances Video on YouTube
- drawing of Lee Stripling[permanent dead link]
- Roses in Winter bio
- Trailer for Winging My Way Back Home Archived 2017-04-11 at the Wayback Machine