Charlie Higgins, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharlie Higgins
American fiddle player
Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1878
Date of Death: 01-Nov-1967
Profession: fiddler
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Charlie Higgins
- Charlie Higgins (February 26, 1878 - November 25, 1967) was an American old time fiddle player from Galax, Virginia.
- Higgins said that he was influenced by other old-time fiddlers including Emmett Lundy and Fiddlin' Arthur Smith.
- His style of playing was said to be very innovative and creative.
- Higgins played regularly with Wade Ward, Dale Poe and other old-time musicians in the Galax area.
- Recordings of Charlie Higgins are few, and limited to field recordings made between 1959 and 1961 by folklorists Alan Lomax, Peter Hoover and John Cohen.
- At the time of these recordings Higgins was over eighty years of age, and apparently was not recorded during his prime.
- However, he was still good enough at age 82 to win first place at the 1960 Galax Old Fiddler's Convention.
- Higgins died in 1967 and is buried with his wife Mallie at the Coal Creek Community Church in Galax, Virginia.
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