Junior Daugherty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American musician
Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1930
Place of Birth: Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States
Profession: fiddler
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Junior Daugherty
- Forest Alton "Junior" Daugherty, Jr (born July 19, 1930 in Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico) is a fiddler, guitar player and songwriter.
- He has been ranked among the top five fiddlers in the United States over a fifteen-year period.
- Daugherty won the New Mexico state fiddling championship eight years, the Southwest Regional Championship, and has been inducted into the New Mexico Fiddler's Hall of Fame and the Arizona Fiddler's Hall of Fame.
- Over the last sixty-five years Daugherty has performed around the world at Cowboy poetry events and at Carnegie Hall; with musicians as diverse as Sir Yehudi Menuhin at the First American Violin Congress and Hawaiian fiddler Eddie Kamae; and with distinguished music talents including Mark O’Connor, Aly Bain and Johnny Gimble.
- In addition, he continues to teach fiddle workshops at the Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp.
- Many of his compositions have been performed and recorded by other artists. In 1952 just prior to enlisting in the US Navy, Junior married Verla Mae Clay (who died from breast cancer in 1985).
- He and Verla produced three daughters, all musicians.
- In 1991 he married Judy Osborn in Illinois and eventually made his way back to New Mexico.
- Junior now lives in Colorado with his daughter, but still actively engages in music events around the country, participating in Festival of American Fiddle Tunes' Fiddles on the Fourth (https://centrum.org/2018/06/2018-fiddles-on-the-fourth-at-fort-worden/) and Ashokan Music Western Swing Week (https://ashokan.org/western-swing-week-camp/) in 2018. PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Elko, Nevada - COWBOY POETRY—1999, 2001, 2003 Quad City, Iowa - FOLK FEST with JOHNNY GIMBLE—1993,1994,1995 Illinois University - COWBOY POETRY FOLK FESTIVAL—1994, 1995 Mountainaire, NM - COWBOY FOLK FEST—1997, 1998,1999 Safford, AZ - COWBOY POETRY—2002 Carson, Nevada - COWBOY POETRY—2002 Ashokan, NY - taught week-long ASHOKAN FIDDLE WORKSHOP with JAY UNGAR and MOLLY MASON—1982 to 2016 Honolulu, HI - fiddled and performed in EDDIE KAMAE'S acclaimed documentary film “LI‘A: LEGACY OF A HAWAIIAN MAN“—1988 Hawaiian Islands - toured the Hawaiian Islands with EDDIE KAMAE AND SONS OF HAWAII to present the film in 1990 Honolulu, HI - HAWAIIAN FILM FESTIVAL—1989 Palm Springs, CA - PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL—1989 Seattle, WA - SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL—1989 Glasgow, Scotland - performed shows for Scottish Television with ALY BAIN and PHIL CUNNINGHAM—1988 Dublin Ireland - recorded on the album for PHIL CUNNINGHAM—1988 Scotland and England - six-week tour with THE BOYS OF THE LOCH—1988 University of Maryland - concert performance at the FIRST AMERICAN VIOLIN CONGRESS with SIR YEHUDI MENUHIN—1987 New York City - concert performances at the STATUE OF LIBERTY RE-OPENING—1986 New York City - NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL—1982,1984, 1986 Fairhill, MD - concert performances at BRANDYWINE FESTIVAL—1985 FOLK CONCERT SERIES - Folklife Center of International House of Philadelphia International Tours (U.S.
- STATE DEPARTMENT CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM) -- 1984, 1985 COWBOY TOUR - NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TRADITIONAL ARTS - U.S.
- Mainland and Hawaii circuit—1984, 1985 Southeast Asia - FOUR WEEK TOUR—1982 North Africa and Middle East - SIX WEEK TOUR—1981 Knoxville, TN - four weeks of concert performances at the KNOXVILLE WORLD'S FAIR—1982 Billings, Montana - a special guest entertainer at MONTANA'S FESTIVAL OF STRINGS—1978 Cody, Wyoming - a special guest entertainer at WYOMING'S FESTIVAL OF STRINGS—1977 Washington, DC - concert performances at the BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION—1977
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