Don plays fiddle the old-time way, and sings bass in

quartet songs. He grew up in southern Missouri and

    comes from a musical family. He learned fiddle from

    his father, and also plays guitar and bass.  In the late

   60's he joined a Kansas City-based group ( The

   Bluegrass Association) and continued to play with

   them for the next 10 years.  The Bluegrass Brigade

   was in need of a fiddle player, and asked Don to join

   them in 1978. He's been with them ever since. He is

   retired from his "day job" with the railroad, and enjoys

   his family: wife Peggy, 4 children  &  11 grandchildren.

   He plays a five-string Hoff fiddle.