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“This is the story of John Hartford’s lifelong love affair with the fiddle, its music, and its people. A story told through the memories of those who knew him and shared this love, through the thoughts and observations about fiddle music that he left behind, and, most importantly, through the original tunes that he composed for the instrument.” —Greg Reish, author/musicologist

“John Hartford has lived on in so many appreciative ears and hearts for his tireless, gleeful vocation—absorbing traditional American music and making it fresh and relevant for modern audiences. It might have been expected that he would have composed new fiddle tunes of his own along the way, but it’s certainly a great surprise to see how vast in number those creations were, and how meticulously saved, in his typically painstaking but light-hearted style, for future music makers and students. This is a mammoth treat.” —Barry Mazor, journalist/music critic

“This volume presents a selection of John Hartford’s fiddle compositions taken from his elegant personal notebooks, along with testimony from those who knew him well. His transcendent artistic spirit shines from every page.” —Neil V. Rosenberg, bluegrass historian