The Banjo Player (one of two with this title) William Sidney Mount These poems, stories, songs, quote, and art have been gathered from all over the world, partly via FIDDLE-L, an online list for fiddlers and those who love fiddle music. dhebert@crocker.com

Old Time String Band Jam by Ken Waldron When three fiddlers sit with a banjo player and guitarist in chairs tight in a closed little ring, no matter what you've been taught, no matter your ear, know when musicians bob and sway and shake like a flood of sound dammed in sweat, listen well. You'll hear moonshine and mountain joined at the peak a crooked creek crashing its banks, the quick twist of hindleg catching brush, a leathery old rattler slithering beneath. © Ken Waldman, A Week in Eek. Previously published in "Fiddle Tunes," a Nomadic Press chapbook. Ken's the Fiddlin' Poet of Alaska. He has booklets of poems, plus cassettes and a CD, including many favorite old time tunes. His address is: Ken Waldman 3705 Arctic - Apt. 1551 Anchorage AK 99503