Chris Prillaman was born and raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Ferrum, Virginia.  At the age of fourteen, Chris became fascinated by old-time music and moonshine making stories after a dear friend started taking him to music events to lift his spirits after Chris's father passed away. Chris's musical journey started on the banjo but it wasn’t long until he picked up the fiddle after hearing his Granddaddy Bill and Mama Irene say “now the first one to learn how to play this fiddle gets to keep it", and Chris “squeaked his way” through playing a tune first.  That fiddle had belonged to his great grandfather, Walter “Peg” Hatcher, who bootlegged his way through the depression era and whose fiddling recordings can be found in the Library of Congress.  By the age of sixteen, Chris was fiddling old time tunes with the Dry Hill Draggers and playing most weekends alongside Jimmy Boyd, who had taught him how to play the banjo claw-hammer style.  Chris mostly taught himself how to play the fiddle, taking inspiration over the years from fiddlers such as Carl Scott, Benton Flippen, and Shay Garriock to name a few.  After playing the old time music of the region for over 25 years, Chris felt the need to preserve the history and his own heritage of making moonshine with his family and so in 2015 he started Twin Creeks Distillery in Franklin County, VA.  Chris plays his great-grandfather’s fiddle with a bowing style that provides high energy and drive for the Twin Creeks Stringband.