I recommend a book called "Pickin' On Peachtree" by Wayne Daniel. The first large fiddle convention was held in Atlanta in the 1020's and was a tourist attraction for many years.

Some seminal fiddlers would be "Fiddlin'" John Carson from Fannin County GA, Eck Robertson from Texas, and Clayton McMichen from GA.

You might want to read Bill Malones book "Country Music U.S.A. These books can be found on the roster of the Illnois University Press along with Archie Green's "Only a Miner" and Norm Cohen's "Steel Rail Blues". These guys really know their stuff.

Frank