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Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Carl Webster, Interviewee: Jackie Webster, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Young generation fiddlers tend to play too fast, get carried away: "Not puttin' it all in!" (Merlin Quinn joins in); it was the custom for fiddlers to be modest but the younger generation, they sometimes get their head swelled a little
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Carl Webster, Interviewee: Jackie Webster, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:Jack Webster had use only of fingers 2 through 4, so he had to slide the little finger around to get to the higher registers; his bowing was perfect; the timing he put on it you couldn't help but dance; he played 5 or 6 nights a week between formal venues like the Beaver Club in Montague and the schoolhouses
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories
Type: Audio non-musical
Contributors: Interviewee: Carl Webster, Interviewee: Jackie Webster, Recordist: Ken Perlman
Abstract: Abstract:People would come to the house day or night asking him to play tunes, and he would stop work and play; he played dances and weddings; he had heart trouble at the end and was told not to play
Collection: Bowing Down Home Oral Histories