Fiddling Way Out Yonder
Subtitle: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine (American Made Music Series)
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781578064410
Subjects: Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; Wine, Melvin; Fiddlers; Folk Music; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; West Virginia; Biography/Autobiography; Regional Subjects - South; Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk; Composers & Musicians - General; Biography
First sentence: When Melvin Wine began playing the fiddle around 1920, the instrument was widely played throughout the central Appalachian mountain region.
Description: "From a small mountain town in West Virginia, elder fiddler Melvin Wine has influenced musicians and music enthusiasts far beyond his homeplace." "Music, community, and tradition permeate all aspects of life in this rural region. Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine shows how in Wine's playing and teaching all three have created a vital and enduring legacy."--BOOK JACKET.