Vivian and Phil Williams

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Vivian Williams is an American fiddler and Phil Williams was an American producer, engineer and musician, (bluegrass guitar, banjo, mandolin a.o.) he died February 16, 2017. They founded Voyager Records in 1967. Vivian and Phil Williams documented and performed Northwest folk music since their teens in the 1950's. They learned the pioneer dances as kids. As they discovered the Northwest manifestations of music that came to the region from all over the world with the pioneers, along with the Northwest's unique style of old time fiddling, they expanded their concert repertoire and began recording regional artists on their Voyager Recordings label. Vivian is well known in the U.S. and Canada for her fiddling ability. She performs regularly for old time dancing and is one of the leading old time and bluegrass fiddlers on the West Coast. She has won many fiddle contests in the U.S. and Canada, including: 1999 National Senior Champion (Weiser), seven times Washington State Senior Champion, three times Washington State fiddle champion, Western Open Senior Champion, three times National Ladies Champion, four times winner of the West Coast International in Canada, and she won the Smithsonian Fiddle Contest in Washington, D.C., among many. She has judged many contests, including the National Oldtime Fiddle Contest, Weiser, ID. Vivian has won these championships playing old time and pioneer dance tunes in old time dance style, rather than the "contest" style that prevails in more U.S. f

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Fiddle Tunes of the Lewis & Clark Era

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Dance Music of the Oregon Trail

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Waltzes

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Bluegrass Hoedown

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Fiddler Vivian Williams

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Pioneer Dance Tunes of the Far West

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Twin Sisters

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Starry Nights & Candlelight

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Winter Moon

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Vivian & Phil Williams - Live!

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Tunes From The Haynes Family Manuscript

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Tunes from the Peter Beemer Manuscript

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