Search - Owen "Snake" Chapman :: Up In Chapman's Hollow

There used to be a sign saying "Chapman's Hollow," but it was accidentally razed when the new coal mine went in. But, sign or no sign, everybody around Canada, Kentucky knows that Chapmans have been living along this beautiful notch of mountains for more than a century and a half. And they also know that one of Appalachia's greatest old-time fiddlers still resides up that way. "Snake" Chapman's playing evokes the loneliness and crisp grandeur of his homeland in a fashion that is virtually without parallel today. Joined by his good friends Paul Smith and Bert Hatfield, "Snake" has fashioned a recording that captures the true essence of mountain fiddling.