This book which includes 308 tune transcriptions is organized around individual Fiddlers who typically combine Appalachian-style Fiddling with rags pop standards Midwest-style Fiddling and sometimes a touch of Western swingto create a style often identifiable as Ozarks.Thirty Ozarks fiddlers and their lives are highlighted with biographical sketches photographs and tune histories. Another 50 great Ozarks fiddlers are presented in a similarmanner but with less detail.The book and accompanying audio (with 37 tunes many recorded in the field) emphasize the older fiddling traditions connected to the square dances and community events more than those connectedto bluegrass music and modern contest Fiddling. Some of the tunes in the collection are old standbys such as 'Bile Them Cabbage' while others such as 'Finley Creek Blues' are unique to the region.
