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Who is C.W. Hobbs

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The Man
 
C. W. "Charlie" Hobbs was born in 1889 near Elizabethtown, KY.  About 1912, he moved his young family to Aledo, IL, where he became well known as a talented left handed fiddle player, playing for barn dances, festivals and contests around western Illinois and eastern Iowa.
 
 
 
Charlie's descendants can be seen (and of course heard) performing in parts of Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Arizona, and Georgia, among others.



Lori and C.W.
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circa 1975

The Band
 
Continuing in the tradition of old time fiddle music & dance tunes, adding in a few old folk songs, and a lot of good old time Country (gotta do them train songs),
C. W. Hobbs is:              

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Lori O'Hern
(CW's great-granddaughter)
 Fiddle

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Steve Howard
 Mandolin, Guitar, Vocals


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Dave Kramer
 Bass, Vocals





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Bob O'Hern
 Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin


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Randy Gibson
 Banjo, Fiddle


"The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune"

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