This was posted on the Deepgrass list digest today:

Re: Charlie Derrington killed in a wreck
Posted by: "Charlie Harrison"

Wed Aug 2, 2006 5:10 pm (PST)
This from the Tennesean.....

Victim in fatal wreck identified as prominent Gibson mandolin maker

By IAN KRIEGISH
Staff writer

Master Luthier of Gibson Musical Instruments Charlie Derrington, a
renowned mandolin maker, has been identified as the motorcyclist
killed Tuesday night by a suspected drunk driver traveling in the
wrong direction on Briley Parkway.

The crash occurred at about 8:45p.m. near the Robertson Road exit.
Derrington was taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center, where he was
pronounced dead.

Police took Julio Villasana, 34, into custody Tuesday in connection
with the accident.

Derrington was the production manager of Gibson's mandolin division.
He gained minor fame for reassembling the Bill Monroe's smashed 1925
Loyd Loar mandolin.



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