Fiddle
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Oldtime fiddle and banjo player
Wilkes County, NC
Paul Frederick "Fred" McBride, born in Alleghany County in 1924, moved to the Traphill neighborhood in Wilkes County when he was eight years old, growing up hearing old-time music played by relatives and neighbors. When he was about ten years old, Fred started playing on a fretless mountain-style banjo that his father made. Playing the fiddle soon followed. "At that time, you had to play with somebody in the neighborhood," he said. "We didn't have any way to go too far away. Any place I couldn't walk, I couldn't go."
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Instrument maker
Alleghany County, NC
Fred Roupe was born about twelve miles outside of Sparta in Alleghany County, and he was exposed to traditional music at a young age. His father played oldtime banjo and fiddle, and Fred was interested enough to start playing clawhammer banjo at age six. He heard Garr Bowers playing a three-finger banjo style at a jam in the Traphill community of Wilkes County, and Fred was hooked. He started working out his own three-finger style immediately.
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