Iconic Fiddle Album by Dale Potter Reissued

Rural Rhythm Records’ Heritage Collection has announced the reissue of Hoe Down!, Volume 1 by American fiddle master Dale Potter. Recorded in 1967 and produced by Lee Sutton, Hoe Down !, Volume 1 is part of a ten album series that Uncle Jim O’Neal created featuring some of the best fiddle players around in the 1960s such as Vassar Clements, Buck Ryan, Clarence “Tater” Tate, Mutt Poston, DeWayne Wear and Dale Potter. In addition to Dale Potter, Hoe Down, Volume 1 includes Shot Jackson on dobro guitar and Jim Murphy on steel guitar.

Dale Potter was once called “the greatest fiddle player who ever lived”. He was one of the most-demanded studio fiddlers during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. His recording work included dozens of top country artists including Hank Williams, Little Jimmy Dickens, Chet Atkins, Jimmy Dean and Webb Pierce. His special skill in country-jazz fiddle set a standard which was seldom matched by any other fiddler.

Dale was born April 28, 1929 and passed away in March 14, 1996. He was a Missouri native who played bluegrass with Bill Monroe in 1959. Monroe said of him, “He was the only man I never had to tell anything twice.” Dale recorded on Monroe’s “Mr. Bluegrass” Decca album which came out in 1960. He recorded for Uncle Jim O’Neal’s Rural Rhythm Records in years soon after that.