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With Fiddle & Well-Rosined Bow: Old Time Fiddling In Alabama

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Joyce Cauthen's book is excellent. She provides a good history of the fiddling tradition in Alabama, reaching back to the 1800s. I liked her descriptions of dances and contests, and her biographies of Alabama brag fiddlers are fascinating reading. She also includes information on the traditions and beliefs associated with fiddling, and there are good appendixes that reveal the names of tunes and fiddlers from the early 20th Century. This book will be interesting for those studying Alabama's history and folklife, and it is also an important contribution to the growing volume of scholarship on American fiddling as a whole. The book also includes terrific photographs, some of which are over 160 years old.

This is the perfect book for any old-fiddlers. There is tons of very interesting information. Highly recommended.