Play Me Something Quick and Devilish: Old-Time Fiddlers in Missouri

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Play Me Something Quick and Devilish Play Me Something Quick and Devilish Old-Time Fiddlers in Missouri Howard Wight Marshall U n i v e r s i t y o f M i s s o u r i P r e s s C o l um b i a a n d L o n d o n Copyright © 2012 by The Curators of the University of Missouri University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65201 Printed and bound in the United States of America All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 16 15 14 13 12 Cataloging-in-Publication data available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8262-1994-7 This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984. Designer: Kristie Lee Typesetter: K. Lee Design & Graphics Jacket designer: Jennifer Cropp Printer and binder: Thomson-Shore, Inc. Typefaces: Palatino and Bell Frontispiece: Tony Gilmore fiddling at a Jefferson City music party, 1957. The piano was often the favored “backup” for fiddling in former times. (Courtesy the State Historical Society of Missouri, R. P. Christeson Collection, 3971) ∞™ For those who will carry it on ...