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Kenny Baker (fiddler) is an American fiddler and bluegrass musician. He is best known for his work with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, and for his solo recordings. He was born on June 26, 1926 in Burdine, Kentucky. Baker began playing the fiddle at the age of eight, and by the time he was twelve, he was playing professionally. He joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1945, and remained with the band until 1949. During his time with the Blue Grass Boys, he recorded several classic bluegrass songs, including "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and "Uncle Pen". In the 1950s, Baker began recording solo albums, and he has since released over twenty albums. He has also performed with many other bluegrass and country music artists, including Flatt & Scruggs, the Stanley Brothers, and the Osborne Brothers. Baker has been inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, and he has received numerous awards for his contributions to bluegrass music. He is still actively performing and recording, and he continues to be an influential figure in the bluegrass music scene.
| Popular As | Kenneth Clayton Baker |
| Occupation | Bluegrass artist |
| Age | 85 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | 26 June, 1926 |
| Birthday | 26 June |
| Birthplace | Burdine, Kentucky |
| Date of death | (2011-07-08) |
| Died Place | Gallatin, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Nationality | Kentucky |
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Kenny Baker (fiddler) Net Worth
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| Net Worth in 2023 | $1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2023 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2022 | Pending |
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| Source of Income | artist |
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Kenny Baker died July 8, 2011 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, Tennessee due to complications from a stroke.
He recorded many albums for various record labels, including County Records, Jasmine, Rounder Records, Ridge Runner Records, and most recently OMS Records. His most recent recordings include Cotton Baggin' 2000 and Spider Bit the Baby on OMS Records. It was often mentioned that Baker's records were more popular at Bill Monroe concerts than the band's own releases. There were, and remain, hordes of Baker students of the bluegrass fiddle.
Baker was a recipient of a 1993 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States. He was named to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1999.
Baker served more years in Monroe's band than any other musician and was selected by Monroe to record the fiddle tunes passed down from Uncle Pen Vandiver. After leaving the Blue Grass Boys in 1984, Baker played with a group of friends, Bob Black, Alan Murphy, and Aleta Murphy. Bob Black and Alan Murphy recorded an album with Baker in 1973, Dry & Dusty. After the one summer with Black and the Murphy's, Baker teamed with Josh Graves, who had played resonator guitar for Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs as a Foggy Mountain Boy. Baker teamed with Graves until Graves' death in 2006.
Baker was born in Burdine, Kentucky and learned the fiddle by accompanying his father, also a fiddler. Early on, he was influenced by the swing fiddler Marion Sumner, as well as Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. After working for Bethlehem Steel in the coal mines of Kentucky, he served in the United States Navy before pursuing a musical career full-time. He soon joined Don Gibson's band as a replacement for Marion Sumner. Baker, who played western swing, had little interest in bluegrass music until he heard "Wheel Hoss" and "Roanoke". During a package show with Don Gibson, Baker met Monroe and was offered a job. He cut his first recordings with Monroe's Blue Grass Boys on December 15, 1957.
Kenneth Clayton Baker (June 26, 1926 – July 8, 2011) was an American fiddle player best known for his 25-year tenure with Bill Monroe and his group The Blue Grass Boys.
