Skip Gorman

Skip Gorman (born in Rhode Island in 1949) is an American singer, guitarist, fiddler and mandolinist. Gorman was introduced to traditional music early in his life at the age of eight, when he received his first guitar and a Jimmie Rodgers recording. He performed the music of Western pioneers with the Deseret String Band and in 1977 went on to record his first album of old-time cowboy songs and fiddle tunes, Powder River. Both this and his Trail to Mexico (1983) were among the first attempts by a folk revivalist musician to reintroduce the older traditions of the music of the American cowboy.