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Big Ears is the final CD in a groundbreaking trilogy of traditional and original old-time fiddle tunes by acclaimed roots songwriter, fiddler and tunesmith Mark Simos. The trilogy is a tribute to old-time music s Mecca the Appalachian String Band Music Festival held each summer at Clifftop, West Virginia. Big Ears features a selection from more than a decade s worth of original old-time tunes composed by Simos at the Clifftop festival, many written on the spot in the midst of late-night sessions with the Cliffhangers and others. Besides Simos on fiddle, the Cliffhangers is Brendan Doyle on 5-string banjo, Jody Platt on tenor guitar, Rusty Neithammer on guitar and Karen Falkowski on bass. For Big Ears, the band was joined by several other respected old-time musicians, including legendary Greensboro, N.C. fiddler and guitarist Rich Hartness, Maxine Gerber on 5-string banjo, Tolly Tollefson on bass and Edwin Wilson on guitar and banjo-uke.