Journey back to the time of the vaudeville era, radio jamboree, and old-time hillbilly music. This trip comes courtesy of a suitcase lost for 50 years documenting the career of Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman and his fellow performers through photos, personal letters, and newspaper clippings.
Fiddling in New Brunswick: The History and Its People
"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 ...