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

[Erwin Kluwer]

It might be worth to me if it's truly authentic..

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> Heck no. I don't think it's worth it, but it's certainly authentic. I have
> better things to spend a thousand clams on, if I could afford it!
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:41:14 +0200
> > From: ekluwer at gmail.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] $1,000 for a business card?
> >
> > 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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