Contreras, Billy

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Name
Contreras, Billy Gender: M
born on 17 December 1984 at 09:21 (= 09:21 AM )
Place Saint Joseph, Michigan, 42n07, 86w29
Timezone EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source
News report
Rodden Rating A
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_sagcol.18.gif 25°50' s_mo.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 21°37 Asc.s_capcol.18.gif 11°39'



Biography

American award-winning jazz violinist and bluegrass fiddler, multi-instrumentalist, session player and educator.

When he was eight years old, Contreras began studying with legendary Nashville session violinist Buddy Spicher, who taught him about Western Swing and familiarized the precocious young fiddler with jazz standards.

At the age of ten Billy joined Buddy Spicher's Nashville Swing Band, with Contreras and Spicher becoming regulars at Wolfy's in Downtown Nashville.


Link to Wikipedia biography

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth notice, The Herald-Palladium (Saint Joseph, Michigan), 18 Dec 1984, p. 26.

Categories

  • Vocation : Entertainment : Child performer
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Country-Western
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Violin, mandolin, guitar, piano, bass)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Jazz
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Music teacher