Vince Gill and Larry Gatlin to play benefit concert in honor of Oklahoma fiddler Byron Berline

Vince Gill. Photo provided

GUTHRIE - Oklahoma native and Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill and fellow country music star Larry Gatlin will perform a benefit concert in honor of renowned Oklahoma fiddler and businessman Byron Berline May 7 at Guthrie's historic Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, 900 E Oklahoma Ave.

As previously reported, Berline’s Double Stop Fiddle Shop & Music Hall, home to Oklahoma's largest collection of violins and bows, was destroyed in a Feb. 23 fire in downtown Guthrie.

Fiddle player Byron Berline carries out damaged items from his Double Stop Fiddle Shop on Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. The fire on Feb. 23 destroyed the fiddle shop and another business in historic downtown Guthrie. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman Archives

The Byron Berline Band also will appear at the concert. Dubbed "The Music Never Dies," the event will be hosted by the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival, which Berline founded and organizes each year in Guthrie.

Gatlin headlined the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival in 2010 and returned in 2011 to perform as the Gatlin Brothers with his siblings Steve and Rudy Gatlin.