The Carter Family On Border Radio

Here`s The Next LP in the Maybelle Carter series, although this is really a Carter Family LP. This is material from the period the Carter Family was on border radio. I`ve described the border radio "phenomenon" of the late 1930`s before on some previous post, so I`m not going to get into that now. There`s some fine material here, so give it a listen.

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Roy Acuff - Inside Music City interview

Here`s a pretty neat interview for all you Roy Acuff fans out there. Happy downloading!

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Gennett 3062 - George Ake / David Miller

George Ake / David Miller / Gennett 3062
Sand Cave / Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
A side recorded April 30, 1925 in Richmond, Indiana / B side recorded December 16, 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio
I have no information at all about George Ake except to say that this is the only known recording he made. The Song Sand Cave is about the doomed spelunker from Kentucky, Floyd Collins. There were several songs written about him. There are a couple of books out about Floyd Collins also that are very good if you are interested in the story behind the songs.
David Miller recorded several songs from 1924 through 1931. The song here is the old tune Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane and is famous in the country music field because it was the first vocal recorded by a country artist, Fiddlin` John Carson for OKeh.
I have no idea why record companies put two different country artists on the same disc. It was fairly common from 1924 till about 1924-ish when this practice had fairly much stopped being used.
As for sound quality on this disc, it is an acoustic (pre microphone) recording and the sound quality isn`t too bad at all for a 90 year old disc that was only in fair condition.

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The Carter Family - Country`s First Family

Here`s the next LP in my series featuring Mother Maybelle Carter. Enjoy!

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The Carter Family - I Walk The Line

Boy its been a good long time since I`ve posted anything! Been super busy this summer at work but as the winter comes on now work will slow down some so I`ll have some more time for my favorite past time---messing with old records! So---away we go!

So here is the next installment of the Mother Maybelle Carter series from my archives. I`m getting close to running out of her material, so enjoy!!

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Wyatt and Brandon - Columbia 15523-D

Wyatt and Brandon / Columbia 15523-D
Evalina / Lover`s Farewell
recorded October 21,1921 in Johnson City, Tennessee
Howard Wyatt and Luke Brandon were members of the well known old time string band The Roane County Ramblers from Tennessee. This is the only record this duet made.
 Evalina was a pretty popular song to the ancient folk tune of Poor Babes In The Woods and may be of old English origins.
 Lover`s Farewell is an old love type song and was recorded by people such as The Carter Family, Bill Cox, Lake Howard and The Shelton Brothers. It certainly has the sound of a Carter Family song though!
The sound quality of this disc is pretty good for as rough condition as the disc is in. A good bit of crackle will be heard but the music is plenty easily listened to.

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Songs and Sayings by Lew Childre transcription - Program No`s. 3&4

Here is another 16 inch transcription disc by the great Lew Childre. He was a fine entertainer and his shows on these discs almost make you feel like he has just came over to your house for an evening of entertainment. Give a listen to this now extinct entertainment format!

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Barnyard Steve - OKeh 45366

Barnyard Steve / OKeh 45366
Out On The Farm / Arkansas Bill Green
recorded June 26, 1929 in Dallas, Texas
Here`s an oddity for sure, certainly a novelty as the label description says. This is the only record this man made, I don`t even know what his real name was. This type of record was popular in the early recording industry from the 1890`s up till the early teens. I guess OKeh must have thought the market was ripe for one more disc of this type. Out On The Farm is a bunch of farm sound imitations. Arkansas Bill Green is a Jew`s harp tune. Happy downloading!

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Tales Of The Bayou by Cajun Pete

Here`s sort of an oddity. This is obviously a story telling record. The telling of tall tales is nearly a lost art now. We still have comedy albums, but story telling is altogether a category of its own. What we have here is a Cajun story teller in the fashion of Justin Wilson. I have no more information about Cajun Pete than what can be read on the back of this LP cover. Hope it tickles your funny bone!

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The Carter Family with Johnny Cash - Keep On The Sunny Side

Here`s a continuation of the Mother Maybelle Carter series I had been posting. I believe I have posted all the Mother Maybelle material I had, so now I will be posting some of here records with the Carter Sisters, etc. Hope you enjoy it!

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