From time to time, a redlinked fiddler is added to the List of fiddlers and the Fiddle article (the list from there is now at LoF talk page) Some of these are notable and should be included in Wikipedia.
If you think a fiddler is notable, boldface them in the list here, and include a note below the name saying that you verify they're notable. Then when someone wants to write stubs or articles, they can go straight for the boldfaced ones.
If you start a fiddler stub or article, make sure to put it in the appropriate Fiddlers by nationality and Fiddlers by genre categories.
stubs needed
editAmerican
edit- Kevin Wimmer ("cajun/old time/bluegrass")
- Lonnie Chatmon of the Mississippi Sheiks)
- Betse Ellis ("old time/country)
- seconded by Just Plain Bob
Bluegrass
edit- Jim Brock (musician)
- James Earl Bryan
- Jimmy Buchanan
- Jason Carter (musician)
- Curley Ray Cline
- Randall Collins (musician)
- Stewart Duncan
- Howdy Forrester
- Red Hayes
- "Hoot" Hester
- Herb Hooven
- Bryant Houston
- Tommy Jackson (musician)
- Bobby Joe Lester
- Tex Logan
- Gene Lowinger
- Mac Magaha
- seconded by Just Plain Bob
- Joe Meadows
- Paul Mullins
- Lonnie Pierce
- Dale Potter (musician)
- Randy Powell (musician)
- Buck Ryan (musician)
- Jim Shumate
- Benny Sims
- Charlie Smith (musician)
- Blaine Sprouse
- Art Stamper
- seconded by Just Plain Bob
- seconded by Just Plain Bob
- Hal Smith (musician)
- Clarence "Tater" Tate
- Merle "Red" Taylor
- Tommy Vaden
- Paul Warren
- Benny Williams
- Tommy Williams (musician)
- Art Wooten
- seconded by Just Plain Bob
Cajun
editCountry
editCreole
editNew England
edit-
- seconded by eitch (for major role in the 70's contra dance revival more than for being a fiddler)
- seconded by eitch (NEA Master Fiddler, introduced jazz influence to NE fiddling)
- seconded by eitch (New Hampshire Folk Heritage Award recipient 2008 [1])
Old time
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- seconded by eitch (major old time tune source, via Library of Congress thanks to Alan Jabour)
- Bob Holt (musician)
- John Grimm (musician)(+ [[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) musicians]])
Appalachian
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- seconded by eitch (major source, through Jeff Todd Titon, of Kentucky fiddle style info)
- Benton Flippen
- John Thomas Fowler (w/ link to http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4571982556680325254&q=fiddle+john&pr=goog-sl/)
- Bruce Greene
- seconded by eitch (important, according to Jeff Todd Titon; Titon provides a stub's worth of bio)
- Seconded by Chubbles - see de:Hiram Stamper
Argentine
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- seconded by Just Plain Bob
Canadian
editWhat region?
editFrench-Canadian/Quebecois
editScotch-Canadian/Cape Breton
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- seconded by eitch (important in bringing Cape Breton fiddling to US (Boston))
English
editHungarian
edit- Beata Salamon (w/link to metabeja.googlepages.com)
Irish
editWhat region?
edit- Martin Byrnes
- Janet Carter
- Matt Cranitch
- Oisin Mac Diarmada
- Paddy Fahey
- Fred Finn
- Ronan Galvin
- Kevin Glackin
- Séamus Glackin
- Michael Gorman (musician)
- Cathal Hayden
- Liz & Yvonne Kane
- Brian Larissey
- Charlie Lennon
- Oisin McAuley
- Séamus McGuire
- Manus McGuire
- Mairéad Nesbitt
- Desmond O'Halloran
- Siobhan Peoples
- Megan Power
- Ciaran Tourish
- Niall Valley
- John Vesey (musician)
- Martin Wynne
Clare
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- seconded by eitch: an important figure
Donegal
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- seconded by eitch (major figure of the old guard)
- seconded by eitch (popularly known fiddler in Donegal, considered by many there to be the great modern proponent of the traditional Donegal style)
- seconded by eitch (one-time Altan fiddler, well known in Donegal)
Sligo
edit
Scottish
edit- Charlie McKerron (musician) (and link Charlie McKerron to the stub)
General Celtic
edit- The KilBride Brothers ("cape breton/irish/scottish/shetland/welsh")
- Michael Kissinger ("folk/celtic")
- Dirk Powell ("cajun/old time/irish")
- Andy Reiner ("old time/swedish/cape breton/bluegrass/metal")
- Adam Sweet ("celtic")
Dunno
edit- Fred Carpenter
- EJ Oullette ("rad-trad")
- seconded by Just Plain Bob
- Jackson Gaydon ("folk/pop")
- James Kelly
- Patty Kusturok
- PB Ploy ("rock/pop/folk")
- Paul Warren
other additions needed
editGenre or subgenre needed
edit- Andy Carlson (Georgia + Ohio champ... so, Southern? Or a new Midwestern (supported by Old-time music#Midwest?)
- Casey Driessen (Scottish? - but currently the Scottish category is entirely fiddlers from Scotland)
- Sean McGuire (fiddler) (what style?)
- Laura Risk (Scottish - but see directly above)
- Jay Ungar (appalachian?)
Genre and country needed
edit- Andrew Bird (genre?)