Legends Lore and Tall Tales

Louisy Fiddles Up A Storm by Beverley Conrad

The Mountain Whippoorwill or How Hillbilly Jim Won The Great Fiddler's Prize by Stephen Vincent Benet

Balaam Foster's Fiddle - And then the fiddle talked!

Lost Indian - The legend behind the tune

Grandfather's Clock - The story behind the song

The White Woman of Montgomery Bar and the Fiddler Who Done Her Wrong!

Rattler's Rattles in a fiddle  More than a tradition, it may just be a household hint!

Some Poems

Kriesler by Carl Sandburg

Fiddler Jones by Edgar Lee Masters

Some Legends and Other Stories

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Why do fiddler's compete?  The lowdown on the history of the fiddle contest

Paganini: Virtuoso or Devil?  A fascinating essay and sound sample by Jill