Bev Baker

2020-01-20 04:25:10 UTC

I'm a descendent of Bev Baker. Are there any photos of him clippings.

In 1990, a man named Chester Nolan from Madison, Indiana contacted Loyal Jones at the Appalachian Center at Berea College. From eastern Kentucky originally, Nolan had once been roomates with Dock Roberts at Berea. Nolan recalled a fiddle contest in which he and Dock both played. Later he sent a photo (see above) showing a group of fiddlers from the contest. I believe Nolan is front row, far left. Since he participated in the 1919 contest, the photo presumably dates from that year. The fiddlers have not been identified (the third fiddler from the left in the front row is believed to be Bev Baker) but we can see the contestants' names by reading the clippings from that year. The contest held in Berea in August was preceeded by a contest in Richmond in May that was won by Dock Roberts. The first two clippings below refer to the Richmond contest.