Hoot Hester (1951-2016) *65

Hoot Hester was an American fiddle player, multi-instrumentalist, and country music and bluegrass artist. He was born on a small farm near Louisville, Kentucky, oon August 13, 1951. Hester played with a number of well-known bands, and later became a session musician and a longtime member of the Grand Old Opry's staff band. Hester was also a featured performer at the NAMM Show during the time it was held in Nashville c. 1993 and 2004. Hester had played backup for a number of country music recording artists, among them Alabama (band), Hank Williams Jr., Conway Twitty, Randy Travis, Bill Monroe, and Ricky Van Shelton. He had also recorded with Manhattan Transfer and Ray Charles. Hester was the former fiddler and co-founder of a Nashville-based Western swing band, named the Time Jumpers. He appears on the band's debut album, On the Air. For many years Hester has been a fiddle player for the Grand Old Opry's staff band.

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