Gabe Witcher

Gabe Witcher
Gabe Witcher in December 2007
Background information
Birth name	Gabriel Witcher
Born	(1978-06-11) June 11, 1978 (age 38)
Genres	Progressive bluegrass, bluegrass, Americana, Rock
Instruments	Violin, fiddle, guitar, drums, mandolin, bass, vocals
Years active	31
Labels	Nonesuch
Associated acts	Punch Brothers, Jerry Douglas, Witcher Brothers, many more...
Notable instruments
Fiddle/Violin, Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Drums
Spouse

Gabriel "Gabe" Witcher (born June 11, 1978) is an American multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger best known as a fiddle player and singer, He is a founding member of the string ensemble Punch Brothers. Witcher and his fellow Punch Brothers were named Affiliate Scholar of Oberlin Conservatory in 2014.

Gabe Witcher began his performing career in 1984, at the age of six, at the Strawberry Music Festival in Yosemite when he was invited on stage by Bill Monroe to perform a duet in front of a workshop crowd. Later that day Witcher, along with his father, were invited to perform three songs on the main stage in between acts. This launched the formation of "The Witcher Brothers" which performed throughout the southwest United States for 25 years.

In 1995 Witcher was asked to join the "Laurel Canyon Ramblers", led by veteran bluegrass/country musician, Herb Pedersen, after their original fiddler, three-time National Fiddle Champion Byron Berline, moved from Los Angeles to Oklahoma. He was with them for four years and appeared on two albums with them.

In 1999, Witcher joined Bela Fleck's "The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2" tour (filling in for fiddler Stuart Duncan) with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Bryan Sutton and Mark Schatz. In 2002 Witcher joined Jerry Douglas' band and was a regular member until the formation of Punch Brothers in 2008.

Witcher spent 2005 working with Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina on the Loggins and Messina "Sittin' In Again" tour where he played Fiddle, Mandolin, Dobro, Percussion and sang.