[78-L] KKK records

[Michael Biel]

From: malcolm at 78data.com
 >>I have heard that possibly Homer Rodeheaver also recorded
 >> Klan material but have not been able to document any.

Don Chichester wrote:
 > Last I heard, Mike Montgomery (of player-piano fame) was collecting
 > Rainbow Records, including KKK discs. Don

 From what I remember from the last time this subject came up 5 or so 
years ago, it was determined that Homer never recorded any of them 
himself nor issued then on his label, but he might have recorded at 
Gennett the same day as one of the Klan records. However, I think 
someone turned up a Klan songbook which his publishing company printed 
as a print contract job.


>> I'm also seeking a possible collector that specializes in this sort of 
>> material 
When I was looking thru records at the first dealer to the left inside 
the door at the Wayne Music Machines show, a friend of his came to show 
him about 7 or 8 Klan records he had just bought.  Don't remember who 
either of them were, and he didn't mention how much he paid for them. 
>> (I know, I know... distasteful as the racist content of these 
>> recordings may be to many collectors there surely must be someone who 
>> has knowledge in this area).   Mal Rockwell
Although I have also not heard any of them (other than a regular Gennett 
issue of Keep Cool With Coolidge) I don't think that these can be 
anywhere near as offensive as some of the racist 45s that were issued in 
the 60s.  I think Johnny Reb was one of them and he was identified by 
someone when we discussed this last.  I don't even want to think about 
what bilge some of our "citizens" are distributing on the web right now.
Lord knows we got our crazies even in this town.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com