Tag: OKeh Records
Up Jumped the Devil! — Merritt Brunies and the Jazz Age at Chicago’s Friars Inn
Today’s Document Records Halloween Needle Drop Up Jumped the Devil! Merritt Brunies and His Friars Inn Orchestra — Chicago Jazz in the Roaring Twenties Chicago, 1924. Jazz was filling the city’s dance halls and nightclubs, and musicians from New Orleans were helping to transform American popular music. Among them was cornet player and bandleader Merritt … Continue reading “Up Jumped the Devil! — Merritt Brunies and the Jazz Age at Chicago’s Friars Inn”
Rediscovering Waymon “Sloppy” Henry -Songwriter, Bluesman, Vaudevillian One of the Mysteries of 1920s Atlanta
Songwriter, Bluesman, Vaudevillian — and One of the Mysteries of 1920s Atlanta Over the past few weeks I have been revisiting the catalogue of Waymon “Sloppy” Henry as part of an ongoing project to update metadata across the Document Records catalogue. Recently we launched Blue Century Records, a new label which allows us to present … Continue reading “Rediscovering Waymon “Sloppy” Henry -Songwriter, Bluesman, Vaudevillian One of the Mysteries of 1920s Atlanta”
“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””