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Henderson, Kevin

Kevin Henderson: Official Website Kevin Henderson is a fiddle player from Shetland, an island with one of the richest fiddling traditions in the world. He was introduced to fiddle music through his grandfather at a young age and around the age of 9 he went for private tuition with highly regarded Shetland fiddler, Trevor Hunter with whom he studied for around a year. Following this, tuition bacame available in the school with master Shetland fiddler, Willie Hunter, arguably Shetlands finest ever fiddler. Through Willie's guidence Kevin's playing went from strength to strength and this was evident when he won the intermediate section of ' Shetlands Young Fiddler of the Year' competition, aged 11. He continued as a prize winner in the event for a number of years following this. When aged 14, Kevin helped co-found Shetland group, Fiddlers' Bid who have gone on to become one of Scotland's most sought after acts and have now toured extensively across the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and North America, playing at major festivals along the way. They have recorded 4 albums to date, one of which was Greentrax's best selling album of 2002. Fiddlers' Bid have also been involved in numerous television and radio broadcasts around the globe. When aged 16, Kevin unfortunately had to give up his lesson's with Willie Hunter as he decided to leave school and begin an electrical apprenticeship. The fiddle took a back seat for a few years due to work commitments but fortunately this was to change when he was asked to join Shetland group ' Drop the Box' when he was aged 19. He went on to perform with the band for around 5 years and during this time toured across the UK, Europe and Canada and recorded on the bands second CD, 'Honeytrap'. In the winter of 2001 Kevin was asked to guest on folk legends, Boys of the Lough CD, 'Lonesome Blues and Dancing Shoes' and following this was asked to tour with the group for a tour of the USA in the spring of 2002 and this m

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