Category: Amercan Old Time Music
“Old Time String Bands North Carolina & Tennessee”: The Untold Stories Behind the Music
Discover the rich history of Old Time String Bands from North Carolina and Tennessee. Roll On, Daddy, Roll On – Complete Issued Recordings, 1927–1931 traces the very roots of Appalachian music.” How Old-Time Music Grew from the Mills and Mountains Old Time String Bands: North Carolina & TennesseeIn the late 1920s and early 1930s, something … Continue reading ““Old Time String Bands North Carolina & Tennessee”: The Untold Stories Behind the Music”
“Fiddlin’ John Carson: The First Voice of Country Music”
🎻 Fiddlin’ John Carson: The Man Who Fiddled America Crazy IntroductionBorn on March 23, 1868, Fiddlin’ John Carson sparked the fire that became commercial country music. He was more than a fiddler — he was a moonshiner, a showman, and a radio pioneer. In 1923, Carson recorded “The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” … Continue reading ““Fiddlin’ John Carson: The First Voice of Country Music””
101 Years Ago Today in Old Time Country Music – March 7 and 8, 1924
Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner Recordings and The Birth of Old-Time Music on Record In late 1923 and early 1924, OKeh Records released the first recordings by Fiddlin’ John Carson. These became surprise hits. Columbia Records quickly recognized the demand for rural white musicians, a market they had already tapped with their successful blues releases. … Continue reading “101 Years Ago Today in Old Time Country Music – March 7 and 8, 1924”
A. C. Eck Robertson – Have you ever heard a fiddle talk ?
“I used to sing, made out as popular as the devil on singing, even. I used to sing songs for people that they’d even refuse to take them on records that somebody else would sing. I’d come along and book them. I done that lots of times. I don’t know if I sound funny, but … Continue reading “A. C. Eck Robertson – Have you ever heard a fiddle talk ?”
100 Years Ago, in American Old Time Music – Fiddlin’ John Carson’s Session in Atlanta, Late March/Early April 1924
IntroductionFiddlin’ John Carson: A Century of Legacy – 1924 -2024If you include his incidental recording in Atlanta in June 1923 at the hands of Ralph Peer, Fiddlin’ John Carson was at his 3rd session when he cut “John Henry Blues” and ten more sides in late March or early April 1924.The Atlanta event was probably … Continue reading “100 Years Ago, in American Old Time Music – Fiddlin’ John Carson’s Session in Atlanta, Late March/Early April 1924”
Fiddlin John Carson
“I can get to Hell just as quick as you can.” The Profanity of John Carson’s Fiddle Over the course of the seven volumes of Document Records Fiddlin’ John Carson’s “Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order” the first-time listener will hear old-time, hillbilly music played with self-awareness and mastery by one of the nineteenth century’s … Continue reading “Fiddlin John Carson”