Riley Baugus is an American old-time guitarist, banjo player, fiddler, singer and instrument builder from North Carolina. 　　Baugus grew up in the Regular Baptist tradition, which gave him a solid foundation in unaccompanied singing. He began playing the fiddle at age 10 and grew up with the fiddler Kirk Sutphin. As a youth, he also had the opportunity to study with such eminent old-time musicians from Surry County, North Carolina and Grayson County, Virginia, including Tommy Jarrell, Robert Sykes, Dix Freeman, Verlin Clifton, and Paul Sutphin.He is influenced particularly by the Round Peak style of Surry County, North Carolina.