Dennis Fetchet, a Southern California bluegrass musician who plays fiddle

Fiddle

The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

 & mandolin

Mandolin

A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...

 and sings baritone, tenor, and occasional lead with the Grateful Dudes Bluegrass Band and Disneyland's Billy Hill and the Hillbillies

Billy Hill and the Hillbillies

Billy Hill and the Hillbillies are a musical/variety group at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The group performs a bluegrass country-music-centered show along with classic rock and rap...

. He is also accomplished on the guitar, and blues harp.

Dennis has played all over the world with country music superstar Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...

. He was a member of Hoyt Axton's band from 1978 until Hoyt's retirement from performing in 1987. Dennis has also been a member of the LA Fiddle Band, The Wild Hickory Nuts, the Southland Bluegrass Band, and the Bluegrass Cardinals.

Since 1992, Dennis has been a member of Billy Hill and the Hillbillies and can currently be seen at Disneyland as "Billy Fiddle" in the Billy Hill and the Hillbillies show at the Golden Horseshoe Saloon in Frontierland. There, he demonstrates "speed fiddling" five times daily (Saturday - Wednesday) with his specialty "The Orange Blossom", and also shows off his talents for comedy, guitar, mandolin, blues harp, and other assorted instruments.

He can also be seen most Saturday nights playing with The Grateful Dudes at Vincenzo's in Newhall.

Album credits

• 15th Annual Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest - featuring various artists - 1975 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   playing the "Cotton Patch Rag", and "Black Mountain".
• Bluegrass Cardinals - Bluegrass Cardinals - 1976 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   - playing on all tracks.
• Rusty Old Halo - Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
  
   - 1979 - on Fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   and harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
   - playing on all tracks.
• Where Did the Money Go? - Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
  
   - 1980 - on Fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   and harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
   - playing on all tracks.
• Hoyt Axton Live - Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
  
   - 1981 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   and harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
   - featured as a solo on "Orange Blossom Special" and "Roanoake".
• Pistol Packin’ Mama - Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Axton
  Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
  
   - 1981 - on Fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   and harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
   on all tracks.
• Lonesome Feeling - Herb Pedersen - 1984 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  
• Plunge - Michael Stearns - 1986 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  
• Polka Party!
  Polka Party!
  Polka Party! is the fourth studio album by "Weird Al" Yankovic, released in 1986. The album is the third of Yankovic's to be produced by former The McCoys guitarist Rick Derringer...
  
  - "Weird Al" Yankovic
  "Weird Al" Yankovic
  Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American singer-songwriter, music producer, accordionist, actor, comedian, writer, satirist, and parodist. Yankovic is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts...
  
   - 1986 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   for “Good Enough For Now” track.
• Collected Thematic Works - Michael Stearns - 1987 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  
• Songs of the Working People - featuring various artists - 1988 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   - on "Flying Fish" track.
• Now They Are Four - Byron Berline - 1989 - on fiddle - on "Santa Ana" track
• Back to the Future - featuring various artists - 1990 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
   - ZZ Top song used in old west scene.
• California Traveler - California Traveler - 1992 - on fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  
• Billy Hill and the Hillbillies - Billy Hill and the Hillbillies - 1996 - on fiddle, electric guitar, and harmonica - on all tracks.
• What's Left? - The Foremen - 1996 - on fiddle
• Highway to Here - Sharon Cort - 1997 - on fiddle
• Landscapes - Joyce Woodson - 1998 - on fiddle
• Pistol Packin' Mama/Spin of the Wheel Re-release - Hoyt Axton - 1998 - on fiddle and Lap Steel Guitar.
• Rusty Old Halo/Where Did the Money Go Re-release - Hoyt Axton - 1998 - on fiddle and mandolin.
• Private Edition - Bobby Cochran - 1999 - on Fiddle.
• Pickin' on Jerry Garcia - featuring Various Artists - 2001 - on Fiddle - on "Gomorrah" and "Rhapsody In Red" tracks.
• None of Your Business - The Big Shots - released between 1997-2000 - on fiddle - on "Stop It" track.
• I Want U 2 Want Me - The Billys - 2002 - on fiddle, vocals and mandolin - on all tracks.
• The Billys Live - The Billys - 2006 - on fiddle, vocals and mandolin - on all tracks.