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Jilson Setters (born James William Day 1861 – May 6, 1942), who was also known to perform under the monikersBlind Bill Day, J.W. Day, and the "Singin' Fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow", was an American folk singer and fiddle player. Setters was discovered by folkloristJean Bell Thomas, who fabricated a persona for him, arranged recording sessions with RCA Records, and promoted him around the U.S.

and England until the late-1930s.

Biography

James William Day was born in Catlettsburg, Kentucky in 1861.

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Day was not born blind, but rather through inconclusive circumstances developed the impairment sometime in his early youth. He was a self-taught fiddle player who performed at town halls and dances, sometimes under the stage name "Blind Bill Day", and occasionally supported himself by begging on the streets. In 1906, Day had a procedure to remove the cataracts from his eyes, thus restoring his eyesight.

Though he had an adequate ability to see, Day still pe Jilson Setters - Wikipedia LYV