fiddle

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin.

Appears in 619 items.
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Title Contributor(s) Date Archive ID
Tommy Jarrell: Sally Anne (1983) Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatfield, Ray; Performer: Bodie, Frank Jun 23, 1983 -JdtZy2PObA
Tommy Jarrell: I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground (Tempy) (1983) Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatfield, Ray; Performer: Bodie, Frank Jul 23, 1983 -PCM7-fKobU
Tommy Jarrell: Let Me Fall (1983) Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatfield, Ray; Performer: Bodie, Frank Jul , 1983 -nKktAZvTIg
The Old Fish Song Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, John A. Aug 1, 1933 0074A
Sourwood Mountain Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, John A. Aug 1, 1933 0076A1
Old Joe Clark Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, John A. Aug 1, 1933 0076A2
Cindy Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, John A. Aug 1, 1933 0076A3
Only A Miner Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Recordist: Lomax, John A. Aug 1, 1933 0076B
Joseph and Mary Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1010A1
Billy In the Lowground Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1010A2
Franklin Roosevelt Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1010B1
Hell and Scissors Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1010B2
Kitty Kline Performer: Flatt, Ben; Performer: Williams, Canas; Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 29, 1937 1014A1
The Assassination of Governor Goebel Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1014B1
The Devil's Dream Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1014B2
The Rowan County Troubles Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1016A
Lovely Nancy Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1016B2
Pearl Bryant Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1017A
Coal Creek Troubles Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1017B
Sweet Susan Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1017B2
The Blind Man's Lament Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1018B
No Corn On Tygarts Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1019A1
Dr. Humphrey's Jig Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1019A2
The Nigger's Wedding Performer: Setters, Jilson (J.W. Day); Recordist: Lomax, John A. Jun 28, 1937 1019B1
Often Visions By Faith Performer: Williams, Canas; Performer: Williams, James; Performer: Caldwell, Walter Jun 28, 1937 1022B2
Down In the Valley Performer: Williams, Canas; Performer: Williams, James; Performer: Caldwell, Walter Jun 28, 1937 1023A2
Groundhog Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1374A1
Rye Whiskey Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1374A2
The Murder of the Peddler and His Wife Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1374B
The Ship That Never Returned Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1375B2
The Billy Goat Song Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1376A1
The Bald-Headed End of A Broom (part 1) Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1376A2
The Bald-Headed End of A Broom (part 2) Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1376B1
The Little Carpenter Performer: Howard, James (Blind Jim…; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Sep 7, 1937 1376B2
Free A Little Bird Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1461A2
Casey Jones Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1461B1
The Hog-Eyed Man Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1461B2
Sam Bass Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1462A
John Hardy Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1462B
Groundhog Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1463A1
Cumberland Gap Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1463A2
Charming Betsy Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1463B1
Old Bell Ewe and Little Speckled Wether Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1463B2
Cumberland Gap / Buck Creek Girls Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1464A1
Arkansas Traveler (Part 1) Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1464A2
Arkansas Traveler (Part 2) Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1464B1
Glory In the Meeting House Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1464B2
Sourwood Mountain Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 3, 1937 1464B3
The Cherry Tree Carol Performer: Skeens, Lee; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 4, 1937 1465A2
Pretty Polly Performer: Skeens, Lee; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 4, 1937 1466A1
Rye Whiskey Performer: Skeens, Lee; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 4, 1937 1466A2
My True Love's A Gambler Performer: Skeens, Lee; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 4, 1937 1467A1
Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand Performer: Skeens, Lee; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 4, 1937 1467B1
Cluck Old Hen Performer: Skeens, Lee; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 4, 1937 1467B2
The Little Stream of Whiskey Performer: Skeens, Ray; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 4, 1937 1467B3
Bonaparte's Retreat Performer: Nicholson, George N.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1502A
Old Joe Clark Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1502B1
Blue Bonnet Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1502B2
Sally Goodin Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1502B3
No Sir No Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Performer: Garrison, Lucy Nicholson; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton Oct 12, 1937 1503A1
Old Mr. Moore Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1503A2
Old Christmas Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1503B1
Callahan Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1503B2
Sourwood Mountain Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1505A1
Prettiest Little Girl In the Country-O Performer: Nicholson, George C.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 12, 1937 1505A3
Sourwood Mountain Performer: Asher, M.; Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton Oct 14, 1937 1515B2
Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1516A1
Wagoner (#1) Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1516A2
Wagoner (#2) Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1516A3
Lost Girl Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1518B2
Nigger Inch Along Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1518B3
Pretty Polly Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1519A1
John Henry Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1519A2
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1519A3
Unidentified fiddle tune Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1519A4
Natchez Under the Hill Performer: Hoskins, Theophilus G.; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1520A1
Cripple Creek Performer: Asher, McKinley; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 14, 1937 1520B3
Sally Goodin (#1) Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1525A1
Sally Goodin (#2) Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1525A2
Give the Fiddler A Dram Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1525A3
The Last of Sizemore Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1525B1
Old Christmas Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1525B2
You've Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1525B3
Sourwood Mountain Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1526A1
Old Joe Clark Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1526A2
Nigger Inch Along Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1526A3
Leather Breeches Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1526B2
Callahan Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1527A1
I Love Somebody Performer: Hammock, Jimmie; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1527A2
Billy In the Lowground Performer: Hammock, Jimmie; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1527A3
Sally Goodin Performer: Hammock, Jimmie; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1527A4
Leather Breeches Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1527B1
Cacklin' Hen Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1527B2
Hickory Jack Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1528A1
Glory In the Meeting House Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1528A2
Billy In the Lowground Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1528A3
Bonaparte's Retreat Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1528B1
Pretty Polly Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1528B2
The Hog-Eyed Man Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1528B3
Leather Breeches Performer: Asher, Boyd; Recordist: Lomax, Elizabeth Lyttleton; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Oct 15, 1937 1528B4