Dennis Caplinger, Rollin' In The Hay - Pickin On REM The Bluegrass Tribute

American multi-instrumentalist and Grammy Award winner from Vista, California. Father of . Died August 14, 2021 at age 57. Caplinger was equally skillful on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, resophonic guitar, bass, piano, and percussion instruments, as can be heard on many of the albums in the series. Caplinger began his professional career at age 13 with Bluegrass, Etc., which lasted over four decades and took him throughout all the lower 48 states of the U.S.A., to various parts of Europe, Canada, Alaska, and Japan. Additionally, he played with The Ray Park Rangers, Death Valley Pizza, Kim Evans, Berkley Hart, Eve Selis, and was a long-time member of Tim Flannerys band and of the Academy of Country Music Awards Show band. Caplinger was a busy sideman and studio musician in San Diego, Los Angeles and Nashville. His discography includes sessions for Eric Clapton; JJ Cale; One Direction; Vince Gill; Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen; Dan Crary; Byron Berline; John Reischman; Jann Browne, for whom he produced Count Me In; Kevin Welch; Kelly Willis; Ray Price; Rita Coolidge, as part of the female trio Walela; Buck Howdy; and many San Diego-based artists, including Tim Flannery; Eve Selis, Barbara Nesbitt; Lexington Field; and Ron Steven Houston, among others. He went on the road with the likes of Browne; Welch; Willis; Richard Greene; Kenny Loggins; Juice Newton; B.J. Thomas; America; and Nickel Creek alums Chris Thile and Sean Watkins. Caplinger is one of the featured artists in the documentary, "Banjos, Bluegrass & Squirrel Barkers

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