Contents
Foreword: Ted Olson, Series Editor
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Cradled on the Waves
2. The Third Most Important Person in the District
3. “Music Was the Next Thing to Eatin’”
4. The “Gift” and Other Attitudes about Fiddling
5. “That’s the Way We Had to Learn”
6. “I Could Bring What Was in My Mind Out on the Fiddle”
7. “Knights of the Bow”
8. “I’d Have to Say It Was a Bad Instrument”
9. “Everybody Got a Different Style to Play”
10. “It’s Always Better with Accompaniment”
11. “The Devil Was in These Fiddle Contests”
12. The Dances
13. The Role of Radio and Recordings
14. The Repertoire
15. “It’s Amazing How Quick It Did Go Down”
16. “If Everybody Does a Little Bit, Great Things Can Happen”
17. “There’s Been a Big Revival of Music on the Island”
Appendix A. Musical Examples
Appendix B. Lists of Interview Sessions
Appendix C. Lists of Collected Tunes
Appendix D. Pronunciation Guide
Appendix E. Discography and Suggested Listening
Glossary
Bibliography
Index