Bennie Esterd "Cuje" Bertram (August 24, 1894 – April 2, 1993)[1] was an American old-time fiddle player from Kentucky.
Bertram, who was African-American, played in the same style as neighboring white musicians of the region.
[3] Bertram was born in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States,[1] into a musical family.
Despite prevailing racial segregation, he played frequently with the white fiddler Leonard Rutherford, who would stay at Bertram's house to make music.
He also deputised for Rutherford with the white banjo player Dick Burnett, playing in the courthouse square of Monticello.