My best detective work at this time is that this is audio from 1967 at Nordic Fest in Decorah, Iowa, but replayed in 1982. The jury is still out on this as fact. Whatever year- Some great fiddling here from Knute Sorenson of Northwestern, Minnesota. Knute was a hardanger fiddler and flat fiddler who frequently played with his brother, Harold Sorenson. In the intro you can hear him talking about his uncle Sam, who played hardanger in the early 1900's in NW Minnesota. Here is a picture of his uncle Sam playing the hardanger.

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