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Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor (Uncredited)

Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor

I was born in 1943, the war years, in Dallas County, the fourth of five kids born to Bessie Lee and James "Jim Houston" Chancellor. Music was big in our family and "playing" was a regular family event. When I was seven, and my brother, Allen was 12, Daddy, who was a trader of goods, brought home an old Kay mandolin to add to our then modest collection of instruments. He told Allen and me that the first one of us who learned to play that mandolin could have it. As it turned out, Allen wanted to play the guitar, and I liked the mandolin better, so we both got what we wanted - with no contest.

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Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor 9/20/10: Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor

A 2010 NEA Heritage Award winner and five-time Texas State Champion fiddler continues to teach a new generation of Texas fiddlers through classes and workshops.

Jim “Texas Shorty” Chancellor

A 2010 NEA Heritage Award winner and five-time Texas State Champion fiddler continues to teach a new generation of Texas fiddlers through classes and workshops.

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