Winky Hicks
James "Winky" Hicks is a bluegrass musician and instrument maker from Grove Hill, Alabama.
Hicks started playing guitar at the age of 7. He learned by watching his father play and picked up techniques by listening to the Grand Ole Opry. He has been described as 'the father of bluegrass music'. [1]
Hicks is a regular at fiddlers festivals, where he plays the banjo[2] with his band, the Frontier Bluegrass. Besides string instruments such as mandolins, he also makes turkey yelpers.[3] In 2011, he was named a "Black Belt Treasured Artist" by the Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, a non-profit from Camden, Alabama.[4]
References
- ↑ Herod, Jim (April 25 2019). "In the beginning, there was Winky". The Clarke County Democrat. Retrieved August 24 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); Check date values in:|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Winky wins". Clarke County Democrat. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2014.[not in citation given]
- ↑ "James "Winky" Hicks". Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Winky Hicks named a Black Belt Treasured Artist". Thomasville Times. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2014.[not in citation given]
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