{"product_id":"with-fiddle-and-wellrosined-bow-a-history-of-oldtime-fiddling-in-alabama-9780817304034","title":"With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow: A History of Old-Time Fiddling In Alabama","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelying on extensive archival research and on sixty interviews with fiddlers and their families and friends  Cauthen tells the rich  full story of old-time fiddling in Alabama. Writing of life in the Alabama Territory in the late 1700s  A. J. Pickett  the states first historian  noted that the country abounded in fiddlers  of high and low degree. After the defeat of the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1813  the number of fiddlers swelled as settlers from the southern states surrounding Alabama claimed the land. The music they played was based on tunes brought from Ireland  Scotland  and England  but in Alabama they developed their own southern accent as their songs became the music of celebration and relaxation for the states pioneers. Early in the 20th century such music began to be called \"old-time fiddling \" to distinguish it from the popular music of the day  and the term is still used to distinguish that style from more modern bluegrass and country fiddle styles. In With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow  Cauthen focuses on old-time fiddling in Alabama from the settlement of the state through World War II. Cauthen shows the effects of events  inventions  ethnic groups  and individuals upon fiddlers styles and what they played. Cauthen gives due weight to the \"modest masters of fiddle and bow\" who were stars only to their families and communities. The fiddlers themselves tell why they play  how they learned without formal instruction and written music  and how they acquired their instruments and repertoires. Cauthen also tells the stories of \"brag\" fiddlers such as D.Dix Hollis  Y. Z. Hamilton  Charlie Stripling  \"Fiddling\" Tom Freeman \"Monkey\" Brown  and the Johnson Brothers whose reputations spread beyond their communities through commercial recordings and fiddling contests. Described in vivid detail are the old-style square dances  Fourth of July barbeques and other celebrations  and fiddlers conventions that fiddler shave reigned over throughout the states history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276958785589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0817304037","price":242.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780817304034.jpg?v=1780567586","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/with-fiddle-and-wellrosined-bow-a-history-of-oldtime-fiddling-in-alabama-9780817304034","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}