Dwight Diller (August 17, 1946 – 14 February 2023) was an American

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

and

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

player and teacher. He was considered one of the most prominent exponents of the

clawhammer Clawhammer, sometimes called down-picking, overhand, or frailing, is a distinctive banjo playing style and a common component of American old-time music. The principal difference between clawhammer style and other styles is the picking direct ...

banjo tradition. Diller lived in

Hillsboro, West Virginia Hillsboro is a town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 232 at the 2020 census. History Hillsboro was named for pioneer John (Richard) Hill, from North Carolina, who built a log cabin near what is now Lobeli ...

, and then Marlinton, and was an inheritor of the

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tradition of the Hammons Family of West Virginia. He conducted banjo workshops around the United States and in England. He released a number of recordings and instructional videos.

External links

Dwight Diller official site
from Banjo News (and Wayback) American banjoists Appalachian old-time fiddlers Old-time musicians 1946 births People from Pocahontas County, West Virginia Living people Place of birth missing (living people) People from Hillsboro, West Virginia 21st-century violinists {{US-violinist-stub