[78-L] first country recording?

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The sides of 1909 are the songs "Julie" and "Lena". He wrote them and sings 
 them with guitar and country-style yodeling. He apparently was busy in  
vaudeville at least through the 'teens. I know nothing about his  background.
 

pc

 
In a message dated 1/30/2012 7:50:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gdkimball at cox.net writes:

I  haven't heard those sides and I don't know anything about Barton. What 
was  his background? What tunes did he  perform?