Fats Kaplin is an American musician, born in New York City.

He also plays guitar, button accordion, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, an Arab oud, and a Turkish cümbüş, among others.

[1][2] He has worked with artists such as Jack White,[3] Trisha Yearwood, The Tractors, Nanci Griffith, Pure Prairie League, John Prine, Roy Bookbinder, Beck, Mitski, and Tinariwen.

[4] He currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee and is married to musician Kristi Rose.

[5] In 2003, he started playing with fellow country artists and Nashville residents Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch, as Kane Welch Kaplin.