Charles Ross Taggart (19 March 1871, Washington, D.C. - 1953, Kents Hill, Maine) was an American comedian and folklorist who appeared all over the Eastern U.S. as "The Man From Vermont" and "The Old Country Fiddler" from the mid-1890s to the mid-1930s. On the Chautauqua circuit, he would perform folk music on his violin, sing, play the piano, do ventriloquism and tell outlandish stories that supposedly took place in rural New England.
Lee DeForest filmed Taggart for a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film premiered 15 April 1923 at the Rialto Theater in New York City with 18 other films made in the Phonofilm process.
External links
- Charles Ross Taggart at IMDB
- Short biography of Taggart
- Link to clips of Taggart's music
- Link to Library of Congress entry on Taggart and Chautauqua circuit
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