About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Appalachian old-time fiddlers, Southern old-time fiddlers, Texas-style fiddlers, Mike Seeger, J. E. Mainer, Eck Robertson, Fiddlin' John Carson, Uncle Jimmy Thompson, Wade Ward, Earl Johnson, Gid Tanner, Charlie Bowman, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, Ira Bernstein, Bunt Stephens, G. B. Grayson, Edden Hammons, Ed Haley, Benton Flippen, Charlie Higgins, Benny Thomasson, Clark Kessinger, Fiddlin' Doc Roberts, Red Clay Ramblers, Uncle Am Stuart, Alan Jabbour, Sid Harkreader, Riley Baugus, Rafe Stefanini, Breakin' Up Winter, Chris Daring, Theron Hale, Howdy Forrester, Jake Krack, Posey Rorer, Tommy Jarrell, Rayna Gellert, Gaither Carlton, Fred Cockerham, Lester McCumbers, Bruce Molsky, Bus Boyk, French Carpenter, Bob Holt, Tommy Hunter, Junior Daugherty, Henry Reed, Dwight Diller, Brad Leftwich, Clyde Davenport, Melvin Wine. Excerpt: Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 - August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed in more than 40 other recordings. He desired to make known the caretakers of culture that inspired and taught him. Seeger was born in New York and grew up in Maryland and Washington D.C. His father, Charles Louis Seeger Jr., was a composer and pioneering ethnomusicologist, investigating both American folk and non-Western music. His mother, Ruth Crawford Seeger, was a composer. His eldest half-brother, Charles Seeger III, was a radio astronomer, and his next older half-brother, John Seeger, taught for years at the Dalton School in Manhattan. His next older half brother is Pete Seeger. His uncle, Alan Seeger, a poet, was killed ...
