Chris Goertzen is professor emeritus of music history and world music at University of Southern Mississippi. His books include Fiddling for Norway: Revival and Identity; Southern Fiddlers and Fiddle Contests; Made in Mexico: Tradition, Tourism, and Political Ferment in Oaxaca; George P. Knauff's ""Virginia Reels"" and the History of American Fiddling; American Antebellum Fiddling; and Rugs, Guitars, and Fiddling: Intensification and the Rich Modern Lives of Traditional Crafts, the latter five published by University Press of Mississippi.
Eck Robertson at the Crossroads of American Fiddling is a masterwork in the genre of vernacular American music."" - Andrew Kuntz, contributor to Fiddler Magazine and editor of the Traditional Tune Archive ""Robertson was an extraordinarily influential figure in the world of American fiddling—indeed, in the larger picture of American music as a whole—who more than deserves a book of his own."" - Paul F. Wells, director emeritus of the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University