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Old Hat Records: Quality Re-Issues of Vintage American Music
Violin, Sing The Blues For Me:African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949 (Old Hat CD-1002) offers a wonderful article on early fiddle players, including the great Lonnie Johnson.
Howard Armstrong recorded with the Tennessee Chocolate Drops (1930s), for the soundtrack of the film documenting his career 1980s), and for a solo CD when he was 86 years old. PBS provides a detailed biography on the occasion of his death. At the bottom of the page, there is a link to a discography of the renowned fiddler and mandolin player.
Mike Johnson achieved another milestone in his career in March 2007 when his Yodel Song Archives, containing 114 yodeling songs written & composed by him, and related material, were included in the permanent music collection of the Recorded Sound Reference Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Johnson was inducted into America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame in September 2002 by the National Traditional Country Music Association in Anita, Iowa.
