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

[Bud Black]

Ah, yes.  "The Dean Of American Ballad Singers."

Bud 
 
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From: Steven C. Barr
Date: 02/21/09 22:10:29
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Frank Luther items on my want-list for decades
 
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From: <Guyotsmith at aol.com>
> In a message dated 2/20/2009 1:42:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> vdalhart at earthlink.net writes:
> Personally I feel that Luther and Robison were both  overlooked.
> Perhaps both of them were too versatile.  They both  played and sang many
> different styles of music.     Jack
> Jack, you deserve so much credit for the superb job  you have done in
> documenting the extremely important career of Vernon Dalhart.  How
> fortunate is the
> artist who has a researcher/biographer of your caliber in  his corner!
> I think you are absolutely right about Frank and  Robby. They were
> musicians...and they sincerely enjoyed doing a wide variety of  music.
> Through his
> compositions, and the fact that he adhered to the country  tradition for
> the last
> 25 years of his career, Robison has gained acceptance,  but Frank - who
> did
> very little country music after achieving such fabulous  success with the
> children's records for Decca - is still very seldom  acknowledged. This
> fact, coupled
> with all the pseudonyms which made the song  better known than the singer,
> results in an unsatisfactory acknowledgement of  Frank's achievements as a
> recording artist.
>
However...the NEXT challenge will be "The Complete Henry Burr
Discography...?!?!"
 
Comment ca va?!
 
...stevenc
 
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