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American musician

Walt Koken (born October 9, , Columbia, Missouri) is an American claw-hammerbanjo player, fiddler, and singer, who received the Nashville Old-Time String Band Association's Heritage Award.

Koken was prominent in the old-time music revival during the s, and continues to be a leader and mentor in the old-time music community today.

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Biography

Family

Koken's mother, Helen Hawkins Koken Pickel, was a classical pianist and a kindergarten teacher. Her family was English; the Kokens were from Germany. Koken's father, John C.

Koken, was a math professor. The Koken family arrived in New Orleans in , then traveled up the Mississippi River to St. Louis (Milliner ).

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By , the Koken Barber’s Supply Company of St. Louis held two barber chair patents; one for the first reclining Koken chair and one for the first hydraulic lift chair (Creek). In Walter F. Koken received a patent for the first electric Barber’s Chair (Patents ).

Music

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