Chris Casbarro has spent the last fourteen years of his life in the hills of Hiawassee, Georgia, aside from two and a half years studying music in Brevard, North Carolina and a year and a half in Asheville, North Carolina just playing and learning more about old time music.  Growing up in the mountains of North Georgia inspired an interest in learning to play the banjo, fiddle, and guitar, as well as other traditional instruments.  A strong nudge of encouragement and suggestion from his great-grandfather got him started at the age of eight and he’s been obsessed ever since.

Chris has a versatile background in all styles of music ranging from classical to rock and roll, but his love for old-time Appalachian musical styles has remained strong and unwavering.  Chris cites fiddlers such as Ross Brown, Ed Haley, Tommy Jarrell, Emmett Lundy, Manco Sneed, Andrew Baxter, Marcus Martin, Lowe Stokes, Earl Johnson, and Allen Sisson to be among his most powerful influences.  Chris relocated to Chattanooga, TN in November of 2011 in the hopes of being able to teach these styles of fiddling to people with the same passion and zeal for this traditional music.  Chris plays in the Chattanooga band “The Snake Doctors”, a collaboration between himself and Lon Eldridge.