Winky Hicks
American bluegrass musician and instrument maker
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| Intro | American bluegrass musician and instrument maker | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Musician Musical instrument maker Banjoist | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Instruments: | Banjo |
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James "Winky" Hicks is a bluegrass musician and instrument maker from Grove Hill, Alabama. Hicks is a regular at fiddlers festivals, where he plays the banjo with his band, the Frontier Bluegrass. Besides string instruments such as mandolins, he also makes turkey yelpers. In 2011, he was named a "Black Belt Treasured Artist" by the Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center, a non-profit from Camden, Alabama.