Billy Baker - The Smyth County Jam was honored to have Billy Baker, a superlative fiddler, and third cousin to the late and famed Kenny Baker. Billy is a resident of Norton, Virginia. He says he has been playing fiddle since he was six years old! He is now seventy-seven. Billy was at the jam with the band Bluegrass Kinsmen, in which he is playing on a part-time basis. Billy has worked as a professional musician and also worked with heavy equipment. He has one daughter, now deceased. Billy says he admires Bill Monroe's music and that Monroe has influenced his own music. He says he plays 'some' guitar, but the fiddle is his main instrument. We hope he will see fit to come back to play for us at any time he is able.
