Tom King was among a half dozen fine Fiddletunes.com artists who are featured the "Roots and Branches" CD.
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You also can get two of Tom's fine cassette tapes for just $5.00 apiece and buy them online with a major credit card! Currently we have Dreadnaught and Green Mountain Cotillion. Click either title above to order that tape here online.

In July 1999, Tom King's untimely death left a gap in the music of West Virginia which will not be easily filled.

Tom is remembered as "the guitar player" at Vandalia Gatherings, state folk festivals, bluegrass concerts and old-time festivals, backing up such notables as Melvin Wine, Woody Simmons, Jimmy Johnson and Phoebe Parsons.

Known as a rock-solid, driving rhythm player, rarely did Tom not know the next song called on a contest stage. He took time for both novice and advanced players, teaching guitar at the Augusta Heritage Workshops, influencing players from around the world.

An adept multi-instrumentalist, Tom started playing old-time music at age 10, first learning "Wildwood Flower" from his brother, and was a life-long student of Appalachian music and styles. His musical career spanned three decades, and his three solo albums, "Green Mountain Cotillion," "Dreadnaught" and "Grading Roads," present a master's thesis of old-time and classic bluegrass, with the vocal and instrumental treatments skillfully done.