[78-L] Frank Luther items on my want-list for decades

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In a message dated 2/19/2009 1:10:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
banjobud at cfl.rr.com writes:

I was  always impressed with Frank Luther's recording of "You're As Pretty As
A  Picture," that he did with Carson Robison.  His deliberate Jimmy  Rogers
imitation on this was the best I've heard.

Bud   




Frank did have a talent for sounding like others,  didn't he? He could do the 
Vernon Dalhart style very well (my home,  incidentally, is quite near the 
house where Dalhart lived during the peak years  of his recording career, and I 
pass his street each afternoon). When Frank  recorded the Jimmie Rodgers songs, 
he captured the right feeling. There are some  early recordings in which 
Frank sounds very little like Frank!  By the time  he did his wonderful ARC 
recordings with Zora and Len, focusing on Bob Miller  compositions, he was letting 
us hear the "real" Frank Luther. His versatility -  and the many pseudonyms 
under which his product was released in the early days  of his career - have 
probably worked against the popular recognition he should  have received in later 
years. 
 
Jonathan
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