Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists?

The three unmentioned names that come to mind first:

Michael Doucet of Beausoleil.
Ed Jobson of Roxy Music.
Gatemouth Brown.

Note that Beausoleil has made both rockin' Zydeco records and much mellower waltz records, so choose accordingly. Also note that, while Gatemouth is a terrrific fiddler, 90+% of his recorded material features him on guitar (so choose accordingly) and Jobson also played a lot of piano (so, choose....)

Marty

Oops,

I forgot one more that you should definitely check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wickham

Waterboys/World Party

And, I guess Warren Ellis, too (see reference in the Steve Wickham Wikipedia entry, above).

It's interesting to see all the Grappelli lovers here. I'm sure that this is my own issue, but....

I absolutely LOVE Django, but I have to listen "around" Grappelli to enjoy the music. There's something about his playing that grates on me and detracts from Django's beauty.

Like I said, this is a reflection on me, not Grappelli, but it does drive me nuts.

Marty

PS Ghost, World Party always played live with a fiddler (at least on the ocassions that I saw them). I'd have to go back and listen to the records, but I'm pretty sure that the fiddle parts are there.