Fats Kaplin | |
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Background information | |
Born | Manhattan, New York, United States |
Years active | 2004-present |
Fats Kaplin is an American musician, born in New York City. He is best known as a fiddler. He also plays guitar, button accordion, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, an Arab oud, and a Turkish cümbüş, among others. He has worked with artists such as Jack White,Trisha Yearwood, The Tractors, Nanci Griffith and Beck.
He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2003, he started playing with fellow country artists and Nashville residents Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch, as Kane Welch Kaplin.
Kaplin married fellow musician Kristi Rose.