Frankie McWhorter grew up in Bob Wills Country and bought his first fiddle with his cowboy wages in 1950. He played with Clyde Chesser and the Texas Village Boy

Raconteur Frankie McWhorter embodies two archetypes: the working cowboy and the Texas fiddler. A cowboy since he stalked out of high school in 1948 and an alumn

"If you are interested in cowboying as it really was with all its heat, dust, blood, and boredom, this remarkable book is for you."--Books of the Southwest "If

North American Fiddle Music: A Research and Information Guide is the first large-scale annotated bibliography and research guide on the fiddle traditions of the

The author tells of his experiences as a cowboy living and working in the Oklahoma panhandle territory.