Tristan Clarridge

• Fiddle

Raised in a tipi in the northern California mountains, Tristan Clarridge grew up immersed in the music of J.S. Bach and Texas old-time fiddling, first picking up the fiddle before the age of 2. A 5-time Grand National Fiddle Champion, 2-time Grand Masters Champion and cellist with The Bee Eaters and Crooked Still, he has also toured and recorded with many of his friends and musical heroes including Darol Anger, Brittany Haas, Keith Little, Jody Stecher, Jeremy Kittel, Hanneke Cassel, Laurie Lewis, Bruce Molsky, Natalie MacMaster, Abigail Washburn, and Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek), and is co-founder (with sister Tashina) of the Shasta Music Summit.