Fiddler of the Opry: The Howdy Forrester Story Tapa blanda - 2008

Author Gayel Pitchford is a contest award-winning old-time fiddler and concertmaster of the Tehachapi Community Orchestra. She is Fiddlin'Red Hattie in the old-time fiddle band Fiddlin' Red Hattie and the Friends of Hattie Band, which plays for parties, shows, and dances in southern California. Pitchford has a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Redlands. After a long career in the corporate world(with music always as her avocation), she took a vry early retirement and moved to Tehachapi California, where music is now her vocation. She teaches all her violin, viola, cello, and bass students to fiddle. She is State Director for District 3 of the California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, a member of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA), and first violin in the string quartet "Four With a Score."