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Junior Daugherty: Bio

JUNIOR DAUGHERTY
PO Box 52
Pinon, NM 88344
505-687-2801
fiddler1@pvtnetworks.net

Ranked TOP 5 FIDDLERS nationally -- 15 years
SOUTHWESTERN REGIONAL CHAMPION
NEW MEXICO STATE CHAMPION -- 8 years
1st PLACE in hundreds of fiddle contests nationwide
Inducted into NATIONAL and NEW MEXICO STATE HALL OF FAME

PERFORMANCE HIGHTLIGHTS:

* 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 WORK SHOP with JAY UNGAR and MOLLY MASON -- 1982 to 2008
* 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 - HAWAIIN FILM FESTIVAL -- 1989
* Palm Springs, CA - PALM SPRINS 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 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 - special guest entertainer at MONTANA'S FESTIVAL OF STRINGS -- 1978
* Cody, Wyoming - special guest entertainer at WYOMING'S FESTIVAL OF STRINGS -- 1977
* Washington, DC - concert performances at the BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION -- 1977


CD'S AVAILABLE:
“Honkytonkin’”
“A Labor of Love - Junior Daugherty and his Circle of Friends”
“Lights of Pinon”
“Back Stage with Junior Daugherty”
“Fun Fiddlin’”
“Just Waltzin’”
“Just Fiddling’ - Vol 2”
“Just Fiddling’ - Vol I”