[78-L] First country recording?

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What do you make of Ward Barton's sides for Victor discs, the first in  
1909, and issued as 16303?
Does anyone who finds his way onto the vaudeville stage (perhaps) and into  
a recording studio a "studio or stage" musician?
 
pc
 
 
In a message dated 1/29/2012 8:14:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gdkimball at cox.net writes:


This  really boils down to whether you consider Richardson a "country"  
performer.  In Tony Russell's Country discography, he lumps  Richardson 
with 
Charles D'Almaine and others as "studio or stage  musicians" who happened 
to 
record vernacular material.

Part of the  argument is also about where he was from. I've seen it mention 
that he was  from North Carolina, as if this alone establishes his bona 
fides.   Most of the things he recorded were were well known popular tunes, 
such as  "Devil's Dream," or began life as stage songs such as "Durang's 
Hornpipe,"  etc.  I'd give it to Eck.

Gregg Kimball


----- Original  Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To:  "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:17  PM
Subject: [78-L] First country recording?


> I've just  transferred two fiddle solos by Don Richardson, recorded in 
May 
>  1916
> for Columbia. It's been suggested somewhere that this is the  first 
country
> music recording session. Anyone concur?
>
>  dl
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