Introduction
The folk music revival of the 1960s and 1970s - and the fiddle
String bands and college towns
Pete & Taylor : two among the masters
Voluntary associations and fiddle contests
Empire Building : fiddle contests in the 1960s and 1970s
Dale Pauley - "Let's play that uptown stuff"
Traditions tested : fiddle contests in the 1980s and 1990s
Kelly Jones, uncompromising champions
Fiddle contests from the 2000s forward
Travis Inman - "I try to play it clean"
The Stonekings
Bluegrass festivals
How learning has changed, and how it hasn't
Conclusion.