Norman Edmonds
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Norman Edmonds was an old-time southwest Virginia fiddler credited with the standard fiddle tune “Train on the Island,” widely cut by old-time and early-bluegrass acts. The tune has remained a fixture of festival fiddle repertoires and has been recorded by Tommy Jarrell, the New Lost City Ramblers, the Highwoods String Band, and many others.
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- Worked in the southwest Virginia old-time fiddle tradition.
- Credited as the source for the standard fiddle tune “Train on the Island.”
- The tune has since been recorded by Tommy Jarrell, the New Lost City Ramblers, the Highwoods String Band, and many other old-time and bluegrass acts.
