Zeke Dawson, who served as Loretta Lynn's fiddle player in her Coal Miner Band for nearly a decade, has died. According to his obituary, Dawson died on Monday (Nov. 11). He was 84 years old.
When artistic director and composer Rhiannon Giddens brought her idea of a musical project built around the American railroad to the Grammy Award–winning musical ensemble, Silkroad, she was met with ...