Byron Berline

Byron Douglas Berline He started playing the fiddle at age five and quickly developed his talent. In 1965 he recorded the album Pickin' and Fiddlin' with the Dillards.

He won the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest Championship in Weiser, Idaho, in 1965, and won it again in 1967 and 1970.

He joined The Flying Burrito Brothers in 1971, recording two albums, Last of the Red Hot Burritos (Live) and Six Days On the Road: Live in Amsterdam.

Berline recorded with many well known musicians including The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Band, Elton John, The Byrds, Janis Ian, Earl Scruggs, Dillard & Clark, Willie Nelson, Guthrie Thomas, Bill Monroe, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Doc Watson, John Denver, Gene Clark, Rod Stewart, The Eagles, The Band, Vince Gill, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Alabama, Don Francisco, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Dillards, Mason Williams, Stephen Stills, Bill Wyman, Manhattan Transfer, Joe Diffie, The Doobie Brothers, Lucinda Williams, François Vola, Mickey Gilley, Deke Leonard, and Andy Statman.

His music has also appeared in television and film soundtracks, including Star Trek, Blue Collar, Hardcore, Basic Instinct, Blaze, Back to the Future Part III, Northern Exposure, Stay Hungry, and Run, Simon, Run.

Discography Pickin' and Fiddlin''' (with The Dillards) (1965) Byron Berline & Sundance (1976) Dad's Favorites (1977) Live at McCabes (1978) Byron Berline and the L.A. Fiddle Band (1980) Outrageous (1980) Berline, Crary, Hickman (1981) Francois Vola (1983) Night Run (1984) B-C-H (1986) Double Trouble (1986) Now They Are Four (1989) Jumpin' the Strings (1990) Fiddle and a Song (1995) Flatbroke Fiddler (2005) Flying Fingers'' (2016)