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Louisiana fiddlers / Ron Yule ; with contributions from Bill Burge ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American made music seriesPublication details: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 337 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781628469547
  • 1628469544
  • 9781604732962
  • 1604732962
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Louisiana fiddlersDDC classification:
  • 787.2092/2763 B 22
LOC classification:
  • ML398
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Fiddlers' Selection; A Few Notes; Introduction; Louisiana Fiddlers; Dewey Balfa; Fred Beavers; Troy Beavers; Ray Beebe; Robert Bertrand; Mastern Brack; Elton Brindley; Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; Cecil Burge; Hadley J. Castille; W.E. "Willie" Caston; Harry Choates; Hiter Colvin; Vertis Roy "Peanut" Conn; Varise Conner; John W. Daniel; Luderin Darbone; Michael Doucet; Warren Ferrier; Canray Fontenot; Merlin Fontenot; Eddie Friday; Wade Frugé; J.B. Fuselier; Wilson Granger; David Greely; Mary Grimsley; Marcel "Tex" Grimsley.
Summary: Louisiana Fiddlers shines light on sixty-two of the bayou state's most accomplished fiddlers of the twentieth century. Author Ron Yule outlines the lives and times of these performers, who represent a multitude of fiddling styles including Cajun, country, western swing, zydeco, bluegrass, Irish, contest fiddling, and blues. Featuring over 150 photographs, this volume provides insight into the "fiddlin' grounds" of Louisiana. Yule chronicles the musicians' varied appearances from the stage of the Louisiana Hayride, honky tonks, dancehalls, house dances, radio and television, and festiv
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-332) and index.

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Fiddlers' Selection; A Few Notes; Introduction; Louisiana Fiddlers; Dewey Balfa; Fred Beavers; Troy Beavers; Ray Beebe; Robert Bertrand; Mastern Brack; Elton Brindley; Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; Cecil Burge; Hadley J. Castille; W.E. "Willie" Caston; Harry Choates; Hiter Colvin; Vertis Roy "Peanut" Conn; Varise Conner; John W. Daniel; Luderin Darbone; Michael Doucet; Warren Ferrier; Canray Fontenot; Merlin Fontenot; Eddie Friday; Wade Frugé; J.B. Fuselier; Wilson Granger; David Greely; Mary Grimsley; Marcel "Tex" Grimsley.

Louisiana Fiddlers shines light on sixty-two of the bayou state's most accomplished fiddlers of the twentieth century. Author Ron Yule outlines the lives and times of these performers, who represent a multitude of fiddling styles including Cajun, country, western swing, zydeco, bluegrass, Irish, contest fiddling, and blues. Featuring over 150 photographs, this volume provides insight into the "fiddlin' grounds" of Louisiana. Yule chronicles the musicians' varied appearances from the stage of the Louisiana Hayride, honky tonks, dancehalls, house dances, radio and television, and festiv

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