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{{Short description|American five-string banjo player (1942–2021)}} |
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'''John Hickman''' (born October 7, 1942) is an [[United States|America]]n five-string banjo player known for his clean picking and occasional ragtime influenced style. |
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'''John Hickman''' (October 7, 1942 – May 11, 2021)<ref name="bluegrasstoday">{{cite web |last1=Lawless |first1=John |title=John Hickman passes |url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/john-hickman-passes/ |website=Bluegrass Today |access-date=March 10, 2022 |date=May 12, 2021}}</ref> was an [[United States|America]]n five-string banjo player. |
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==Biography== |
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John Hickman was born in [[Hilliard, Ohio]] but grew up in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. He began playing the guitar but switched to banjo in 1957. With some help from his friend Robbie Robinson he learned to play the banjo. After performing together with Allen and Wakefield on the WWVA Jamboree in 1960, Hickman and Robbie Robinson formed the "Dixie Gentlemen". Two years later, Hickman enlisted in the Marines. In 1964, he began performing with musicians like Pee Wee Lambert and Landon Rowe. Three years later he formed a group with Chuck Cordell, Sid Campbell and Robinson. Unfortunately, Cordell and Robinson were killed in a plane crash. Campbell and Hickman soon joined mandolinist Earl Taylor's "Stony Mountain Boys". |
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Hickman was born in Columbus, Ohio. He started playing the banjo at the age of 13.<ref name="bluegrass unlimited">{{cite journal |last1=Powell |first1=Bruce |title=John Hickman |journal=Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine |date=May 1975 |volume=9 |issue=11 |url=https://www.bluegrassunlimited.com/article/john-hickman/ |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref> |
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In 1969, Hickman moved to [[Los Angeles, California]] where he began to associate with fiddler [[Byron Berline]]. Later in 1975, Berline, Hickman, Allen Wald and Jack Skinner formed "Sundance". The formation lasted three years. Berline, Hickman and guitarist [[Dan Crary]] then started to perform together and after a successful tour in [[Japan]], they formed "Berline, Crary and Hickman". In the '90s, BCH added Steve Spurgin's song writing, singing, and bass playing talents to the group and John Moore began playing mandolin with them soon after, forming California. California has been the recipient of the IBMA Instrumental Group of the Year. |
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In 1969, he moved to California, and began performing together with fiddle player [[Byron Berline]] and guitarist [[Dan Crary]].<ref name="bluegrass unlimited" /> |
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Hickman currently teaches banjo and repairs instruments in Byron Berline's Double Stop Fiddle Shop in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and plays dates with California, BCH and the Byron Berline Band. |
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<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[image:JohnHickmanPlaysBanjo.jpg|frame|John Hickman at the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival]] --> |
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He released the album ''Don’t Mean Maybe'' in 1978.<ref name="bluegrasstoday" /> |
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Latest revision as of 17:58, 31 July 2022
John Hickman (October 7, 1942 – May 11, 2021)[1] was an American five-string banjo player.
Hickman was born in Columbus, Ohio. He started playing the banjo at the age of 13.[2]
In 1969, he moved to California, and began performing together with fiddle player Byron Berline and guitarist Dan Crary.[2]
He released the album Don’t Mean Maybe in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lawless, John (May 12, 2021). "John Hickman passes". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Powell, Bruce (May 1975). "John Hickman". Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine. 9 (11). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Trischka, Tony, and Pete Wernick. 2000. Masters of the 5-string Banjo: In Their Own Words and Music. Oak Publications. ISBN 9780825602986
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