Lionel's conversation with Fred Carpenter (Pt 1): Fred was a gifted, in-demand young fiddle player, providing hot fiddle for touring artists like Emmylou Harris, Ronnie Milsap, Suzy Bogguss, and Kathy Mattea. But it was his passion for working on and repairing fiddles that led him to open The Violin Shop, widely regarded as one of the best in the world.