Kenny Baker - Kenneth Clayton Baker (1926 - 2011)

[2rockyj]

Truly unbelievable talent. I feel like the earlier post. My Dad was a fiddle player. Heard em all from Texas to Virginia. He always said Kenny Baker could get more tone out of a fiddle in 5 minutes than anyone could in a week. We truly miss him. He was the greatest.

[warehambr]

This tune is the song that I came away with after seeing Bill Monroe for the first time in 1971. It stuck in my mind for a decade. I never cared as much for the version on the record, and even the version with Richard Greene, while haunting, does not match the soulful smoothness of Kenny Baker's fiddling, which is what I remembered. I would have been at this funeral if I could have, so I am glad to see and hear this video.

[Irishfiddler03]

Thank you so much for putting this video up. Kenny was a dear friend. I miss him terribly. I couldn't be at the funeral so thank you! R.I.P. Kenny Baker. You were and always will be the best fiddler on this planet.

[marty05123]

as my dad said kenny baker was put on this earth to show the rest of us how to play the fiddle no one will ever be able to do what he has done for this music and never will be able to play like he did R I P kenny baker you truely were the greatest fiddle player to ever live

[bluegrassman776]

I LOVED THE TIMES I SAW HIM AT THE OSBORNE BROTHERS FESTIAL IN HYDEN KENTUCKY, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WAS IN 2001 , JOSH GRAVES WAS THERE STILL PLAYING WITH HIM AT THAT TIME. I GOT TO SEE THEM BOTH TWO YEARS IN A ROW.2001, 2002, AND I LAST TIME I SAW KENNY BAKER WAS THERE IN HYDEN IN 2005.

[Nashvilleagain]

R.I.P Kenny !

I'll never forget the times we've spend together in Germany and the US. ..see you down the long road...

[stevesprinceofsteaks]

I have been in Afghanistan for 14 months and didn't realize Kenny had passed. I grew up playing with and against Terry Morris and co in TX. But I always enjoyed Kenny;s work. Not special , but always perfect. Never a missed note or slide. One version I did steal from him was his version of Ore the Waves. Did a great unique job on the old Mexican waltz. May he rest in peace at the side of our Lord.

[freetickeys]

Kenny Baker was a Bluegrass Boy longer than anyone. Kids will be "finding" his work for a long, long time. RIP

[verucabeloved1]

RIP Uncle Kenny

[mountaintyme2000]

Very nicely done. Kenny Baker was one of a kind.



[washtub1000]

Thanks to the Baker family and Appalshop for sharing these few minutes of Bluegrass history

[stanleyphile]

Wish I could have been there..thanks for sharing this. Made me cry. Like Huffy said, "He was a treasure"...and I believe he is making the good Lord smile, just like RaymondE said. A wayfaring stranger no more.