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For our 65th podcast, we talk to banjo musician and educator Bill Evans and old-time fiddler Fletcher Bright. The duo recently released an album entitled\xa0Fine Times at Fletcher\u2019s House.

Despite their varied backgrounds \u2013 Evans is a Bay area bluegrass powerhouse while Bright is an old-time fiddler from Tennessee \u2013 the duo sound like they\u2019ve been performing together for years. Each of the 16 traditional tunes on the album were recorded in three or four takes with no editing \u2013 just two guys making great music. Evans plays a 1930 Gibson Granada that formerly belonged to Sonny Osborne, while Bright uses a contemporary fiddle built by Jonathan Cooper of Portland, Maine.

Evans is no stranger to the\xa0FJ. You may remember his great 14-minute crash course on the evolution of the banjo that we filmed\xa0here. And, though it\u2019s hard to believe based on his playing, Bright is 82 years old this year. He\u2019s been a member of the same band \u2013 the Dismembered Tennesseans \u2013 since 1945 (when he was in high school). He\u2019s also a successful real estate developer.

At the end of our interview, the duo perform two songs from the record: \u201cYellow Barber\u201d and \u201cPolly Put the Kettle On.\u201d\xa0

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