NAME: Jackie Hobbs

CULTURE: Anglo-American

GENRE: Old-time music (traditional fiddling)

REGION: Thousand Islands-Seaway

COUNTY: Jefferson

BIO:: Jackie Hobbs was born into the fiddling tradition of the Tug Hill region of upstate New York. Her grandmother, Alice Clemens—three times New York State Lady’s Fiddling Champion—gave Hobbs a fiddle when she was five, and throughout her childhood, Hobbs traveled with her grandmother to fiddle events across the Northeast and eastern Canada. Hobbs plays several styles of fiddle music, but her main influence has always been her grandmother, who mixed New England and Canadian styles. Jackie is a music teacher at Sandy Creek Central School. She performs for concerts, festivals, and smaller gatherings as well. She also is known for giving fiddle workshops which feature tunes that were written by old Central and Northern New York fiddlers that are no longer played, with Dave Ruch from Buffalo. She often appears with her group “Clemens Tradition” which is made up of herself, two of her aunts, and a family friend.

DISCOGRAPHY: Jackie’s Fiddling Favorites (1995)
Family Fiddling (2010)

CONTACT: 315-232-4681, or email jmhobbs@twcny.rr.com