Broken Bow Fiddle Co.

  Old-Time Fiddling Contest 1980: Capturing Yankton’s Fiddling Rich History If you’ve spent any time in the old-time fiddle world, you know that certain places hold a kind of reverence. Yankton, South Dakota, is one of those places for me. In 1980 (two years before I came around), fiddlers from all around the Midwest came to Yankton — Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Arkansas, and the Dakotas—gathered for a contest that wasn’t just about winning; it was about carrying forward a tradition of music making that stretches back for generations. This LP, Old Time Fiddling Contest 1980 (Volume 17), is more than just a record of the event. It’s a snapshot of a particular time and place, a moment when old-time fiddling was alive and very well in Yankton. The record features standout legacy musicians like Cyril Stinnett , Dwight Lamb, Vernon Spencer, Amos Chase, Lucy Pierce, and Jake Hockemeyer , along with a host of others, all contributing their own unique and regional take on the music. The ...