Dwight Diller
American musician
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Dwight Diller (August 17, 1946 – 14 February 2023) was an American banjo and fiddle player and teacher. He was considered one of the most prominent exponents of the clawhammer banjo tradition.[who?]
BornAugust 17, 1946
West Virginia
Died14 February 2023 (aged 76)
Genresold-time
OccupationAmerican musician
Diller lived in Hillsboro, West Virginia, and then Marlinton, and was an inheritor of the old-time music tradition of the Hammons Family of West Virginia. He conducted banjo workshops around the United States and in England. He released a number of recordings and instructional videos.
External links
- Dwight Diller official site
- Dwight Diller interview from Banjo News (and Wayback)
Discography
- Hold On! (Yew Pine Music YP-001, 1989)
- Say Old Man (with Glen Smith) (Marimac Recordings AHS #3, 1990)
- O Death (Yew Pine Music YP-005, 1992)
- Red Rooster (Yew Pine Music YP-003, 1992)
- Just Banjo (Yew Pine Music YP-002, 1996)
- Harvest (Yew Pine Music, 1997)
- Just Banjo '99 - WVa Mountain Music (Yew Pine Mountain Music YP-99, 1999)
- Jericho Road (Not On Label, 2005)
- Trouble On Spring Creek (with Darin Gentry) (Not On Label FR#16, 2007)
- Piney Woods (with YewPine Cultural Traditions) (Yew Pine Music YP-007, 2015)
- Papa! (Yew Pine Music YP-1X)
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