Thanks to fellow fiddler James LaForest for giving me a heads up on this. Obituary for Elmer Askwith Source: https://www.galerfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Elmer-Askwith-1833/#!/Obituary "Elmer Askwith died in his home, just where he wanted…
I enjoyed reading the information on your site regarding Patrick Bonner: http://www.michiganfiddle.com/patrick-bonner-history-and-interviews. I had the distinct pleasure of watching him play his fiddle shortly before he died. My mother's sister was…
The Michigan State University Museum's "Great Folks Blog" is currently featuring weekly posts from my recent fieldwork trip around Michigan to interview fiddlers. http://gr8tfolks.blogspot.com/2014/06/all-from-heart-fiddling-of-rene-cote.html
Head out over to the MSU Great Folks blog to check out another post from my fieldwork for the National Endowment for the Arts grant through the MSU Museum. http://gr8tfolks.blogspot.com/2014/07/waltzes-with-bob-bernard.html?m=1…
Click the following link for the blog entry at the MSU Museum Blog. http://gr8tfolks.blogspot.com/2014/07/across-generations-ruby-john-and-her.html?m=1
Check out the post about Jim McKinney and Glenn Hendrix as MSU Museum's Great Folks Blog: http://gr8tfolks.blogspot.com/2014/08/fiddlers-and-collectors-glenn-hendrix.html