With Fiddle and Well–rosined Bow – A History of Old–time Fiddling in Alabama

With Fiddle and Well-rosined BowA History of Old-time Fiddling in Alabama\nAuthor(s): Joyce H. Cauthen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817310660, 978-0817310660\nSynopsis\nWriting of life in the Alabama Territory in the late 1700s, [url] Pickett, the state's 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 state's 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, a.