Betty Lin
Betty Lin (1925–2022), born Betty Lindenmayer, was an American bluegrass and old-time fiddler. Raised in Kirklin, Indiana, learned fiddle from her grandfather and won the Indiana State Fair Old Fashioned Fiddler's Competition. In 1971, she joined the weekly The Renfro Valley Barn Dance radio broadcast in Kentucky. While there, she recorded a live instrumental album Country Violin (1974). In 1979, she co-founded the New Coon Creek Girls, a pioneering all-female bluegrass ensemble that went on to achieve national acclaim on the festival circuit.
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- No. 7 Spring 1996