Mike Hildebrandt
Mike has played Bluegrass since the mid-1970's as a member of Buckacre; Good Medicine; String Fever; and as a long time associate of the Platte Valley Boys, with whom he was honored to be inducted into the Mn. Rock/Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007 (now known as the Mid-America Music Hall of Fame). For the last 29 years, Mike has lived in Faribault, Mn. where he practices medicine, raises his family, writes a little music, walks his dog, attempts to golf, and generally "fiddles when he can and works when he should"! He enjoys other types of music almost as much as bluegrass; in his spare time he plays swing fiddle and tenor guitar with Jivin' Ivan and the Kings of Swing, and electrified Americana Jazz with The Over and Back Band. In 2011 he joined "Long Time Gone", where he plays fiddle and adds some great trio harmonies.