Montgomery Ward M-4225 – The Carter Family – 1932/1928
With all due apologies for my unintended ten day hiatus, I hope now to return to regular posting. And what better a note to return on than these great classics by the one and only Carter Family, in...
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Capitalizing on the success of the “mountaineer songs” by the likes of Vernon Dalhart and Kelly Harrell, in late July 1927, talent scout and record producer Ralph S. Peer arranged for the Victor...
View ArticleVictor V-40089 – Carter Family – 1929
I have written of the illustrious Carter Family before, more than once, but nothing I’ve so far published has done justice to their tremendous impact and legacy. In fact, I doubt whether I would be...
View ArticleVictor P-79 – Smoky Mountain Ballads – 1941
In the year of 1941, the venerable folklorist and song collector John A. Lomax—best remembered for his 1910 book Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, his field recordings made for the Library of...
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