Fiddler Joe Thompson dies at 93

Released: Tue., Feb. 21, 2012, 11:24am PTBy Connected PRESS Joe Thompson, a across the nation famous old-time fiddler and folk music artist died Monday of natural causes in Mebane, N.C. He was 93. Trained by his father the best way to play in the fiddle, Thompson mastered an approach to African-American country fiddling that has largely disappeared. In 2007, he won a National Heritage Fellowship within the National Endowment for your Arts. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com