[78-L] Weavers on Hootenanny label

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

Hootenanny as a word was already there around 1925 (meaning gadget, 
thingamajing)

BC

Le 8 mai 10, à 02:42, Cary Ginell a écrit :

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> Right around that same time, Texas Jim Lewis led a band called the 
> Lone Star Cowboy in a session held for Decca on August 15, 1941. One 
> of the songs was called "Hootin' Nannie Annie," which featured a 
> contraption (kind of like what Spike Jones used in his band) that he 
> called a "hootin' nanny," consisting of washboards, automobile horns, 
> cowbells, fire bells, sirens, guns, etc. This song was issued on Decca 
> DE-6001. This probably predates Seeger's estimation of the song's 
> origins, so it probably goes back even further. Somewhere there was 
> research done on the term but I can't put my finger on it and I'm 
> heading out the door in a couple of minutes.
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> Cary Ginell
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