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Mike Compton is an American bluegrass musician and mandolinist. He is best known for his work with the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass group The Nashville Bluegrass Band. He has also performed with John Hartford, Alison Krauss, and David Grisman. Compton was born in Meridian, Mississippi, and grew up in the nearby town of Quitman. He began playing the mandolin at the age of nine, and by the time he was a teenager, he was playing in local bands. He attended Mississippi State University, where he studied music and played in the school's bluegrass band. In the early 1980s, Compton moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he began performing with the Nashville Bluegrass Band. He has since toured and recorded with the group, and has also performed with John Hartford, Alison Krauss, and David Grisman. Compton has released several solo albums, including "Live at the Station Inn" (2005), "Live at the Station Inn, Vol. 2" (2007), and "Live at the Station Inn, Vol. 3" (2009). He has also released two instructional DVDs, "Mandolin Workshop" (2006) and "Mandolin Workshop II" (2008). As of 2021, Mike Compton's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

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Occupation Mandolinist, backing vocalist
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 29 February 1956
Birthday 29 February
Birthplace Meridian, Mississippi
Nationality United States

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2014

Mike Compton's decades of touring and recording — with musical luminaries ranging from rockstars Sting, Gregg Allman, and Elvis Costello, to straight-from-the-still acoustic legends such as John Hartford, Doc Watson, Peter Rowan, Ralph Stanley, and David Grisman — have established Compton as a true master of the modern American mandolin and a premier interpreter of roots and Americana musical styles.

2001

In 2001 and 2002, Compton was nominated as IBMA Mandolinist of the Year. In 2002, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, an album containing one of his songs, was awarded the Grammy Award for best album. In recognition of his achievements, he received a commendation from the Mississippi State Senate.

1977

After Compton had finished his education at the Meridian Junior College he gravitated to Nashville and joined Hubert Davis and the Season Travelers in 1977. Four years later, in 1981, he left Davis' band. He spent the early 1980s working as a cook, a printer, and as a part-time musician. In the mid 1980s, Compton helped found one of the 20th Century's most admired and influential bluegrass groups, the iconic Nashville Bluegrass Band. After a bus accident, which left Mark Hembree injured, Compton reassessed his life, eventually temporarily quitting the business and moved to the Catskills, working as a cottage caretaker. Compton continued to dabble with music recording albums with various artists, and in 1995, he recorded with Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. Compton couldn't stay away from his craft and In the mid 1990s, he joined John Hartford in touring, and recording several albums together with him. In 2000, Compton returned once again to the Nashville Bluegrass Band and continues to tour and play with this group, now 30+ years in the business. Compton also tours internationally with the brother duet partnership duo of Compton & Newberry, with the super-group Helen Highwater Stringband, and as a soloist.

1975

A native of (Mississippi, Compton picked up the mandolin in his teens and absorbed the area's native blues, old-time country, and bluegrass sounds. Compton learned music from an early age as his great-grandfather was an old-time fiddler. Initially, Compton began playing the trombone but switched to guitar instead and later to mandolin playing old-time music with his cousin. He became interested in bluegrass music and eventually learned to play like Bill Monroe. At the Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in 1975, he finally met Monroe.

1956

Mike Compton (born February 29, 1956 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American bluegrass mandolin player and former protégé of the Father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe. He is considered a modern master of bluegrass mandolin.