[78-L] $1,000 for a business card?

[Erwin Kluwer]

Hi Cary,

Did YOU actually made the bid on this item..??

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> Why not? Rodgers was a self-promoter. He took any small amount of success
> and aggrandized it. He gets on a little local radio station and blows it up
> out of proportion to proclaim himself as a "National Radio Artist." He sold
> himself to Ralph Peer this way. And he continued using that phrase after
> the Bristol sessions, even though he still had no further radio experience.
> As for the variety of instruments, I'm not sure of your point. Rural string
> musicians often played multiple instruments. There is a well-distributed
> picture of this group that features Rodgers, wearing rimless glass, playing
> a banjo, yet he never recorded on any instrument other than guitar. The
> Jimmie Rodgers Entertainers was not "set up," it was just a group of
> friends that played together wherever they could. There was probably no
> formalized arrangement among the members. Rodgers split from the group
> literally on the eve of his first recording session.
>
> I think it was not only plausible that Rodgers would have cards printed up
> (they weren't expensive), but perfectly in line with his personality and
> habits to do so. When it was done was beside the point. They were local
> performers in the Asheville area in the spring of 1927, looking for other
> avenues. Makes perfect sense to me.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> > From: mbiel at mbiel.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:28:43 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] $1,000 for a business card?
> >
> > I doubt that this card comes from before the Bristol sessions because
> > just appearing on a local Ashville NC station would not make them
> > "National Radio Artists", and supposedly they were unknowns when that
> > session occurred. Especially considering the variety of instruments
> > listed, could he have set up a company which provided performers for
> > events, not necessarily including JR himself?
> >
> > Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > from: Bill McClung <bmcclung78 at gmail.com>
> > >> It's the fonts that make it questionable. And was P.O. Box the usual
> term?
> >
> > Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
> > > This is the group that split up before the Bristol session of August
> 1927,
> > > with Jimmie Rodgers going off to be a solo artist and the remaining
> members
> > > becoming the Tenneva Ramblers. And somebody has even bid on it!
> > >
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/JIMMY-RODGERS-ENTERTAINERS-BUSINESS-CARD-1927-Ashboro-NC-Teneva-RamblersOriginal-/330721725741?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item4d008d0d2d
> > >
> > > Cary Ginell
> >
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