Description: 270 musical examples plus biographies and photographs completing a vibrant picture of Mississippi's fiddle tradition
Brief description: Harry Bolick has for the last thirty years been a fiddler, performer, and recording artist. He is coauthor (with Stephen T. Austin) of Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s, published by University Press of Mississippi.
Review Quotes: In Fiddle Tunes from Mississippi, Harry Bolick, a master fiddler and longtime champion of the fiddle repertory of his native state, has teamed up with famed music historian and author Tony Russell to produce the definitive volume on fiddlers and fiddle music of the region. Stunningly detailed and comprehensive, the volume showcases older and contemporary musicians who have contributed to the repertory. The copious tune transcriptions capture the vernacular with uncluttered yet nuanced accuracy and are complemented by biographical information, insights, and concordance notes. The scholarship is impeccable, the layout beautiful, and it is a work to be treasured.--Andrew Kuntz, writer of Tune History column for Fiddler Magazine for twenty years and curator and contributor to the online resources The Fiddler's Companion and The Traditional Tune archive