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Ross’ family fiddle.Īh, classic Ross tangent. I’ve seen other fiddles made from the same factory, they’re all almost identical, must’ve been copying some particular Stradivari. There’s a label inside, that of a luthier from Fairbury, Nebraska, the nearest “town” to my Grandad’s farm. It’s an old german factory fiddle from the mid 1800’s, nothing special as far as rare instruments go, but the history and its meaning in our family are priceless. Do you have any idea who made the instrument or when it was made? It is amazing that that fiddle has survived as long as it has. Not only do you have very high-performing occupations throughout your family history, but you’ve also got several musicians within your family. His actual instrument had been acquired by his grandfather from a traveler on the Oregon Trail, maybe the most special treasure in our family history. He adored both, but especially the fiddle. Jack Samuel DeBusk, our mom’s dad, was a doctor whose loves in life were healing and the violin. Fiddle came after my younger sister, Katie Shore (she’s the fiddler and vocalist in Asleep at the Wheel), picked it up at the urging of our Granddad. Kindermusik was my beginning and piano followed at 5.

I don’t remember a time in life not making music, it’s been a part of my daily existence since I was 3 or 4 years old. What made you decide to give up the promising career of a youth fashion icon for music? JED: Ha! D’you have a picture to prove it? Oh, I did excel at fashion – knee high striped socks, dinosaur t-shirts, and thick glasses. Ready for a nap.Īnyway, I think I was a typical kid, ha, I couldn’t skateboard to save my life and didn’t have a Gameboy, but I could build a kit rocket and climb magnolia trees with the best of ‘em. WRR Classical 101.1 was the radio station I’d fall asleep to, I haven’t thought about that in ages. You’d fall asleep to Beethoven? That’s powerful and dramatic music to sleep to, my dude, any nightmares?! Actually, you probably had gloriously colorful dreams. My brother and I often fell asleep to Beethoven during our elementary school years. Wild how those flashbacks still linger after 30+ years, I suppose the melodies were deeply embedded in there somewhere. Some of my earliest memories are of falling asleep to the local classical station when I was still in a baby bed. My folks really encouraged our creativity and imagination, music was always floating through the house and trips to concerts were frequent. It sounds like your dad had very strong technical skills as well. I thought it was uniquely advantageous to grow up with the two polarities of the personality spectrum and wondered if your dad was also a technical type. JED: Ha! The reason I ask is because my mother was also a nurse, but my dad was an engineer. My dad’s title, hmmmm, that’s a really great question I don’t know! I think “Chief of Philosophical Design and Encouragement” suits him, his real title is probably something a little less exciting, ha! He’s a highly decorated pilot whose stories fall somewhere between George Carlin and Paulo Coelho.

JED: So you had a lot of people around you pushing you towards excellence. I was spoiled with two parents who are a helluva lot smarter than I’ll ever be, and a sister who’s never stopped giving me sh*t since we were kids.

Mom is a retired nurse and Dad has worked for decades with a company that specializes in circuitry for space and defense programs. I was born and raised in dear Fort Worth, TX. JED: Tell us a little bit about your origin story. I currently galavant around as a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but folks might’ve seen me when I spent time with Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemaker’s, Mumford & Sons, Warren Haynes, a bunch of artists and bands I’m fortunate to have made music with. Thanks for having me – my name is Ross Holmes and I’m a fiddler/composer based here in Nashville, Tennessee. D’you mind to tell us who you are, what you do, and where you’re located? Ross, I’m a huge fan and I’m stoked to be talking to you today. I rushed to the CD table afterwards and bought a copy of their most recent release at the time, “Blind Man Walking.” Although the C-sky boys eventually went their separate ways, their fiddle player ended up in Nashville where he quickly found out there was no shortage of demand for his fiddling. Cadillac Sky played an evening set that was truly unlike anything I’d ever heard. I remember being in Winfield, Kansas for the annual Walnut Valley Festival in 2007. Today’s guest, Ross Holmes, first made his heroic foray into the world of progressive bluegrass music with the band Cadillac Sky.