Introduction : the commercial fiddling tradition

The oldest recorded fiddling styles

The recordings of Eck Robertson

Across the Amerikee : the story of uncle Jimmy Thompson

Fiddlin' powers and his family

Mr. Grayson's train

Doc Roberts : behind the masks

Clayton Mcmichen : the reluctant hillbilly

Kessinger

Bob Wills, fiddler

Slim Miller of Renfro Valley

The mystery of "The black mountain rag"

"Over the waves" : notes toward a history

Tommy Jackson : portrait of a Nashville session fiddler

Ernie Hodges : from Coal Creek to Bach.