Jim VanCleve

Self-taught bluegrass fiddler Jim VanCleve was born and raised in Florida, where his interest in bluegrass first blossomed. His family's move to North Carolina then placed VanCleve in the very heart of string band country, and by his teens he was gigging regularly as a fiddler. VanCleve was only 18 years old when he joined Rambler's Choice in 1998. The group put out its only album, Sounds of the Mountains, on Rounder Records that same year, after which VanCleve left to work with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. He next joined forces with two other alumni of Quicksilver, Barry Abern...