Howard “Howdy” Forrester
Howard "Howdy" Forrester (1922–1987) was an American fiddler from Tennessee, known as "Big Howdy," and husband of Sally Ann Forrester. He played twin fiddles with Georgia Slim Rutland and Arthur Smith, worked in Georgia Slim's Texas Roundup and the Jamup & Honey tent show, and was a Blue Grass Boy until he joined the Navy in 1943. After the war he became Roy Acuff's longtime fiddler with the Smoky Mountain Boys.