Fats Kaplin Explained

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, Pure Prairie League, John Prine, Roy Bookbinder, Beck, Mitski, and Tinariwen.^[4]

He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee and is married to musician Kristi Rose.^[5] In 2003, he started playing with fellow country artists and Nashville residents Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch, as Kane Welch Kaplin.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Discography

• This Is Pulp Country!, 2004^[5]
• The Fatman Cometh, 2006^[11]
• Fats Kaplins' World of Wonder Downunder, 2009^[11]
• Waking Hour, 2011 (David Francy) — fiddle^[12]
• Morning Phase, 2014 (Beck) - banjo

With Kristi Rose

• I Wonder As I Wander, 2010^[13]
• You're Still Around, 2011^[14]

With Kane Welch Kaplin

• You Can't Save Everybody, 2004^[15]
• Lost John Dean, 2006^[16]
• Kane Welch Kaplin, 2007^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sideman Fats Kaplin gets own spotlight at Americana fest. The Tennessean. 2016-03-22.
2. Stream Paul Burch's Jimmie Rodgers Concept Album. Rolling Stone. 2016-03-22. 2016-02-26.
3. http://www.epiphone.com/News/Features/2014/Epiphone-Interview-Fats-Kaplin.aspx Fats Kaplin & Jack White
4. Web site: Pearis . Bill . Tinariwen announce new LP & tour, share "Tenere Den" . Brooklyn Vegan . 14 March 2023 . 7 October 2023.
5. Quill, Greg. "Mariposa's pulp faction", Toronto Star, July 8, 2004.
6. Web site: Five things you didn't know about Fats Kaplin, music maker, magic master. Nashville Scene. 2016-03-22.
7. Web site: Shreveport House Concert Series: Kevin & Dustin Welch. Beckett. Bill. redriverradio.org. 2016-03-22.
8. Web site: 5 Nashville places for rock fans. The Tennessean. 2016-03-22.
9. Web site: Paul Burch: Meridian Rising « American Songwriter. American Songwriter. en-US. 2016-03-22. 2016-02-23.
10. Web site: Fats Kaplin Album Discography AllMusic. AllMusic. 2016-03-22.
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116184836/http://www.cmt.com/artists/fats-kaplin/ "The Fatman Cometh"
12. Irish, Paul. (September 29, 2011). "Music for Hugh's Room or maybe a newsroom", Toronto Star, p. E11
13. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fatskaplinkristirose
14. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kristirosefatskaplin
15. Web site: You Can't Save Everybody. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223170638/http://www.deadreckoners.com/music/cant_save_everybody.html . 2024-10-05. 2019-12-23 .
16. Web site: Lost John Dean. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223170645/http://www.deadreckoners.com/music/lost_john_dean.html . 2024-10-05. 2019-12-23 .
17. Web site: Kane Welch Kaplin. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223165911/http://www.deadreckoners.com/music/kane_welch_kaplin_cd.html . 2024-10-05. 2019-12-23 .