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Art Wooten "Fiddlin'" Art Wooten (February 4, 1906, Marion North Carolina - October 6, 1986) was an influential Bluegrass fiddle player and performer. Art Wooten was the first musician hired (in 1939) by Bill Monroe in his attempt to assemble a band to back him and Cleo Davis after the disbandment of the Monroe Brothers. He was known at this time for his Old-Time fiddle playing and a one-man-show in which he played an organ and a guitar simultaneously. Along with Cleo Davis and Tommy Millard, Wooten became one of the Bill Monroe's original Blue Grass Boys. He cut to recordings with the Blue Grass Boys in 1941, "Orange Blossom Special" and "Back up and Push,” Both of which are now common Bluegrass standards.  Art Wooten joined the Stanley brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1948.  He appeared on several iconic Stanley Brothers recordings Including "Molly and Tenbrooks," "Pretty Polly" and "I am a Man of Constant Sorrow."  His career with the Clinch Mountain Boys ended in 1952.