Blaine Sprouse

My Friend Christopher Henry & I Co-Wrote, Recorded, & Shot This Video Earlier In The Pandemic Summer Of 2020. 

When I was about eight years old, I had been playing guitar for a couple of years, and sitting in at dances, playing at the Moose Lodge, the VFW Club and the American Legion in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It was about this time that I heard Kenny Baker play fiddle with Bill Monroe at a show in Salem, VA, at Lakeside Amusement Park. From the moment I heard the sweet huge, round dark warm tone that Kenny made, my love affair with the fiddle started & a lifelong friendship with Kenny Baker began.

**A Few Of These Videos Were Filmed Well Before The Digital Age But I Feel They Are Important.  I Hope You Enjoy Them**

Here I Am With The Osborne Brothers & Bill Monroe

Chris Henry and I had a little fun with this tune in celebration of Bill Monroe’s birthday.   

William Smith Monroe

Born: September 13, 1911, Rosine, KY

Died: September 9, 1996, Springfield, TN