Shoji Tabuchi 2xCD Lot #1

This listing is for Shoji Tabuchi 2xCD Lot #1.  

This lot includes the following Shoji Tabuchi CDs:

• Shoji Tabuchi - Shoji After Dark

• Shoji Tabuchi - Live From Branson

Shoji Tabuchi (田淵 章二, Tabuchi Shōji, April 16, 1944 – August 11, 2023) was a Japanese-American country music fiddler and singer who performed at his theater, the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre, in Branson, Missouri. Tabuchi was inducted into the National Fiddler Hall of Fame in 2020. Shoji Tabuchi was born April 16, 1944, in Daishōji, Ishikawa, Japan (now Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan). When Tabuchi turned 7, he went to his elementary school where they had show and tell and one of his classmates played the violin using the Suzuki method. He went back home to tell his mother that he wanted to play violin using this method. In the mid-1960s, Tabuchi was a sophomore in his college and had heard that Roy Acuff was coming to Osaka, Japan. Tabuchi went to his concert and got to meet Acuff backstage. Acuff's music inspired Tabuchi to pursue country and bluegrass music. When Tabuchi was in college, he formed a band called The Bluegrass Ramblers, which led them to win a national contest in Japan. He decided to travel to the United States with his violin and only $500. After living in San Francisco, Kansas City, and Louisiana, Tabuchi moved to Nashville to reconnect with Acuff, who arranged an appearance for Tabuchi to perform at the Grand Ole Opry. Tabuchi later made numerous appearances on the Grand Ole Opry.

Tabuchi arrived in Branson around 1980. After performing successfully for a few years he built one of Branson's most elaborate theaters, which was completed in 1990, and began hosting his own show. Besides country music, The Shoji Tabuchi Show has incorporated polka, gospel, Cajun, Hawaiian, rap, and rock music. Tabuchi developed a loyal fan base through his Branson show. He employed about 200 personnel at his elaborate 2,000-seat theater, where he performed two shows daily most of the year. The theater was closed due to a backstage fire in May 2017. It reopened the following year, on October 22, 2018. The Shoji Tabuchi Show was featured on the RedLetterMedia web series Best of the Worst. The VHS release of the show's third volume first appeared on the inaugural "Wheel of the Worst" (episode #5) on April 30, 2013, and was finally viewed on the fourth "Wheel of the Worst" (episode #16), which premiered on "RedLetterMedia's " website on February 28, 2014. It was voted "Best of the Worst", meaning it was the most entertaining video of the night.

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