Fats Kaplin

Fats Kaplin
Background information
Born	Manhattan, New York, United States
Years active	2004-present

Fats Kaplin is an American musician, born in New York City. He is best known as a fiddler. He also plays guitar, button accordion, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, an Arab oud, and a Turkish cümbüş, among others.^[1][2] He has worked with artists such as Jack White,^[3] Trisha Yearwood, The Tractors, Nanci Griffith and Beck.

He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2003, he started playing with fellow country artists and Nashville residents Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch, as Kane Welch Kaplin.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Personal life

Kaplin married fellow musician Kristi Rose.^[9]

Discography

• This Is Pulp Country!, 2004^[9]
• The Fatman Cometh, 2006^[10]
• Fats Kaplins' World of Wonder Downunder, 2009^[10]
• Waking Hour, 2011 (David Francy) — fiddle^[11]
• Morning Phase, 2014 (Beck) - banjo

With Kristi Rose

• I Wonder As I Wander, 2010^[12]
• You're Still Around, 2011^[13]

With Kane Welch Kaplin

• You Can't Save Everybody, 2004^[14]
• Lost John Dean, 2006^[15]
• Kane Welch Kaplin, 2007^[16]

References

1. "Sideman Fats Kaplin gets own spotlight at Americana fest". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
2. "Stream Paul Burch's Jimmie Rodgers Concept Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
3. Fats Kaplin & Jack White, epiphone.com; accessed July 14, 2015.
4. "Five things you didn't know about Fats Kaplin, music maker, magic master". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
5. Beckett, Bill. "Shreveport House Concert Series: Kevin & Dustin Welch". redriverradio.org. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
6. "5 Nashville places for rock fans". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
7. "Paul Burch: Meridian Rising « American Songwriter". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
8. "Fats Kaplin Album Discography AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
9. Quill, Greg. "Mariposa's pulp faction", Toronto Star, July 8, 2004.
10. "The Fatman Cometh", cmt.com; accessed July 14, 2015.
11. Irish, Paul. (September 29, 2011). "Music for Hugh's Room or maybe a newsroom", Toronto Star, p. E11
12. CD Baby, I Wonder As I Wander, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fatskaplinkristirose
13. CD Baby, You're Still Around, http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kristirosefatskaplin
14. Dead Reckoning Records, You Can't Save Everybody, http://www.deadreckoners.com/music/cant_save_everybody.html
15. Dead Reckoning Records, Lost John Dean, http://www.deadreckoners.com/music/lost_john_dean.html
16. Dead Reckoning Records, Kane Welch Kaplin, http://www.deadreckoners.com/music/kane_welch_kaplin_cd.html