Fletcher Bright

Bluegrass fiddler, died December 25, 2017 at the age of 86. Fletcher Bright, noted bluegrass fiddler, businessman, and philanthropist, died early Christmas morning. He was 86 years of age. As a musician, Fletcher had accomplished that most amazing of feats – keeping his high school bluegrass band together for 72 years! The Dismembered Tennesseans, formed when Bright was in school in Knoxville with Frank McDonald, Sammy Joyce and Ansley Moses in 1945, had been active ever since. In the bluegrass and fiddle music world, organizers of festivals and camps always knew that Bright would pitch in to help when finances were stretched thin, and he was especially warm to assisting young musicians trying to master their instruments. He was also the founder of the 3 Sisters Bluegrass Music Festival, a free event held each fall in Chattanooga.