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Don Rigsby

Don Rigsby (February 18, 1968) is an American bluegrass mandolinist, fiddler, and vocalist born and raised in Isonville, Kentucky. In the late 1980s he began performing with Charlie Sizemore followed by tenures with the Bluegrass Cardinals, J.D. Crowe and the New South, and the Lonesome River Band. He was also a member of the bluegrass supergroup Longview. He returned to his alma mater in 2001 to serve as the first full-time director of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University, where he taught vocal harmony 2010.

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