Journey back to the time of the vaudeville era, radio jamboree, and old-time hillbilly music.
"In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down.
He practiced and played when he could , inviting every fiddler he met to swap tunes with him . He told us that he had memorized and transcribed over a hundred old Negro songs , work chants and ballads , and enough reels and jigs that he ...