My Fiddlin' Grounds - Hardcover

Yule, Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1887366784 ISBN 13: 9781887366786

Publisher: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2007

Synopsis

A Documentation of the Fiddlers of the Western and Northern Regions of Louisiana and the Surrounding Areas; Including Biographies, Ancestral History, Fiddle Contests, Festivals, Bands, and Fiddle Makers.

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About the Author

Ron Yule was born in 1943 in Missouri and began playing the fiddle in 1968 while a student at the University of Texas, where he received a B.S. in microbiology. He received his M.S. in microbiology from McNeese State University in 1974 and worked as a health inspector for the State of Louisiana, retiring in 1999. In 1973, Ron began producing fiddle contests and promoting bluegrass shows throughout Louisiana and southeast Texas. He and his wife Georgia produced the first bluegrass/fiddle club and newsletter in the state of Louisiana, the Southwest Louisiana Fiddler and Bluegrass Club, from 1974 to 1976. Ron continues promoting several bluegrass shows each year, including the Beauregard Parish Fair Fiddle Contest, an event that has been viable since 1925. After retiring, Ron began amassing all the data and pictures he had collected over the previous thirty years and started a written documentation of fiddling, bluegrass, Cajun, and country music in Louisiana with a focus on southwest Louisiana. Also, Ron’s large collection of home tapes is the focus of a future project -- making these fiddlers come alive on audio. Ron continues to do what he loves best, “. . . play music with bluegrass, country, and Cajun friends at jam sessions, festivals, nursing homes and anywhere they’ll allow the noise.”

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1887366784
• ISBN 13: 9781887366786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 351