Frank Jenkins (1888–1945) was an American banjo and fiddle player.
He was born in 1888 in Dobson, North Carolina. Jenkins earned his living working on farms and in sawmills.[1]
Jenkins was known for his skill as a 3-finger style banjo player, but he was also an accomplished fiddle player, winning prizes at many fiddle contests.[2]
Jenkins played banjo in the band Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters in the 1920s.[3] He later formed his own band, the Pilot Mountaineers, in which he played fiddle, his son Oscar played banjo, and Pop Stoneman played guitar.[4][1]
References
- ^ a b Marty McGee (2000). Traditional Musicians of the Central Blue Ridge. Contributions to Southern Appalachians Studies. McFarland & Company. pp. 97–98. ISBN 0-7864-0876-6.
- ^ Trischka, Tony, "Frank Jenkins", Banjo Songbook, Oak Publications, 1977
- ^ Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters, Roots of American Fiddle Music
- ^ "Musical Affairs of the Heart"[permanent dead link], The Old-Time Herald Volume 8, Number 1