James Benton Flippen (July 18, 1920 – June 28, 2011) was an old-time fiddler from Mount Airy, North Carolina. He was one of the last surviving members of a generation of performers born in the early 20th century playing in the Round Peak style centering on Surry County, North Carolina. Benton was the seventh of eight children. Benton recounts that he started playing the banjo in his early teens, and picked up the fiddle when he was about eighteen.
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Benton Flippen has had 2 concerts.
Benton Flippen is most often considered to be Americana, Old-Time, Appalachian Folk, Traditional Folk, String Band, Old-Time Fiddle, and Old Timey.
The last Benton Flippen concert was on May 01, 2010 at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States. The bands that performed were: "MerleFest" / Elvis Costello / Steve Martin / John Hammond / Bearfoot / Harry Manx / Missy Raines / The Wilders / The Waybacks / Red Molly / Cadillac Sky / Great Big Sea / Doc Watson / Sam Bush / Steep Canyon Rangers / Richard Watson / Susana and Timmy Abell / Alberti Flea Circus / Banknotes / Roy Book Binder / Buffalo Barfield / T Michael Coleman / John Cowan / Dehlia Low / The Greencards / Mitch Greenhill / David Holt / Jeni & Billy / Corey Harris / The Kruger Brothers / Jack Lawrence / The Lee Boys / Jeff Little / The Travelin' McCourys / The Nashville Bluegrass Band / Nation Beat / Scythian / Shana Banana / Joe Smothers / Tut Taylor / Happy Traum / Pete & Joan Wernick / Shannon Whitworth / Buddy Greene / Wylie & The Wild West / The Neighbors (NC) / Ben Prestage / Anne & Pete Sibley / Lightnin' Wells / Tony Williamson / Brave Combo / Laura Boosinger / Robert Dotson / Benton Flippen / Gravy Boys / Phil Jamison / Local Boys / Jim Lauderdale / Thomas Maupin / Daniel Rothwell / New Southern Ramblers / Andy May / Pilot Mountain Bobcats / Rodney Sutton / Eric & Suzy Thompson / The Zephyr Lightning Bolts / The Tony Rice Unit / Larkin Poe / Pete Wernick / Phil Wiggins / Peter Rowan.
