Jim Van Cleve, born October 12, 1978 is an American fiddle player. He plays in the popular Bluegrass band Mountain Heart. Van Cleve won several fiddle contests as a youth, including the Annual Galax, Virginia competition when he was 16. While still in high school, Van Cleve became a member of Lou Reid and Carolina, a prominent band in the national bluegrass scene at the time. In 1997, Van Cleve got the call from bluegrass legend Doyle Lawson to join his group Quicksilver. Wikipedia
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