[78-L] Alpine madness^

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Could that be the "Swiss Yodel" recorded by the Britt Brothers among others ? 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net> 
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Sent: Friday, January 1, 2010 11:04:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [78-L] Alpine madness^ 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <malcolm at 78data.com> 
> Naw. That'd be the variation "Yodel-eedle-ay-dee-hoo", not 
> "Yodel-ay-ee-hoo." 
> Sorry, no cigar. 
> Mal 
>>> George P. Watson doing "Emmett's Favorite Yodel" on Vi 16968 is just 
>>> about to close on oBoy without a bid and it made me think of something. 
>>> What tune is responsible for the common yodel phrase "Yodel-ay-ee-hoo" 
>>> and was it ever recorded (Surely it was!)? 
>>> Mal 
>>> _______________________________________________ 
>> I thought it originated from the guy in Switzerland shouting after the 
>> fleeing skier 'You swine, you seduced my daughter!' 
>> and back up the mountain came the immortal reply ' Your old lady too!' 
>> 
Well...we are confusing two TOTALLY different forms of "yodeling" 
here!! Folks in Switzerland (and Alpine portions of Germany and 
most likely Austria?) had developed a unique style of vocalizing, 
which also served as "alp to alp" communication! THIS is from 
whence the cliche of "Yo-del-ay-dee-hoo" originated, since 
a phrase with a similar sound was often heard...! 

Around 1925, Jimmie Rodgers, "The singing brakeman," was 
first recorded by Victor. His tunes usually included (and were 
titled?!) interludes of "hillbilly yodeling," and that became 
standard in country music for several following decades. 
The above cliche was OFTEN heard...both in Rodger's 
several "Blue Yodels," and in other contemporary c&w 
tunes (Hank Snow was first billed as "The Singing Yodeler" 
on his first Canadian Bluebird records,,,>!). 

Meanwhile, the folks in Oberbayern (upper Bavaria) and 
Switzerland were still performing their ancient "traditional" 
yodel tunes (albeit no longer using them to communicate?!). 

It is the "hillbilly" "yodelers?!" who are most respomsible 
for all the cliches! I spent three years in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 
in the midst of the German Alps...and attended MANY local 
festivals/events, which ALWAYS featured a "Blaskapelle" 
(traditional Bavarian brass band), usually along with vocalists 
performing traditional "yodel" folk tunrs! 

There MAY (I'm guessing here...?!) exist a web site explaining 
exactly how/why country singers adopted a badly-copied 
version of a European music variant...?! 

"You and your old lady, too"...?! 

Steven C. Barr 

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