Introduction

Acknowledgments

The National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest at Weiser

Conversation with Mark O'Connor

Interpreting the Transcriptions

1975
Grey Eagle 1
Grandfather Polka 1
Dusty Miller
I Don't Love Nobody 1
Wednesday Night Waltz
Herman's Rag 1
Sally Goodwin 1

1976

Sally Johnson
Yellow Rose Waltz
Tom and Jerry 1

1977
Billy in the Lowground
Herman's Rag 2

1978
Allentown Polka
Brilliancy 1
Black and White Rag 1
Tom and Jerry 2
Grandfather Polka 2
Dill Pickle Rag 1

Interview with Michelle O'Connor

1979
Grey Eagle 2
Leather Britches
Don't Let the Deal Go Down

1980
Golden Eagle Hornpipe
I Don't Love Nobody 2
Brilliancy 2
Tugboat
Grey Eagle 3
Beaumont Rag

1981
Hell Among the Yearlings
Bill Cheatum
Sally Goodwin 2
Herman's Rag 3

1984
Choctaw
Westphalia Waltz
Black and White Rag 2
Herman's Hornpipe
Dill Pickle Rag 2
Sally Ann
Grandfather Polka 3
Arkansas Traveller
Jesse Polka

The Guitar Accompaniment

Matt Glaser Interview

Discography and Bibliography

Epilogue - Looking Ahead