Harold Vernon Riddle

Harold Vernon Riddle played the fiddle for well over fifty years. He was first exposed to the rural folk music of upstate South Carolina in the mill village of Glendale where he was born. He heard traditional music played by local mill workers. Riddle also listened to the Grand Ole Opry radio show on Friday nights.

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Riddle learned this tune from legendary Texas fiddler Eck Robertson. From the recording "Vernon & Ruth Riddle with John Fowler: Pickin' Partners String Band." 1999.

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Harold Vernon Riddle played the fiddle for well over fifty years. He was first exposed to the rural folk music of upstate South Carolina in the mill village of Glendale where he was born. He heard...