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

[Jason Hill]

Actually, it's not true that JR "never recorded on any instrument other 
than guitar".  He played ukulele on 'Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea' 
and 'Looking for a New Mama'.

Jason Hill


In message <mailman.1.1335466801.15097.78-l at klickitat.78online.com>, 
78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com writes
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>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:37:02 -0700
>From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
>Subject: Re: [78-L] $1,000 for a business card?
>To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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>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
>
>

-- 
Jason Hill