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

[Cary Ginell]

Correct. My error.
 
CG
 

> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:14:19 +0100
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: Jason at burslem.demon.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [78-L] $1,000 for a business card?
> 
> 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
> >Message: 8
> >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>
> >Message-ID: <BLU142-W49BA7DB582ADB6EB8B760B0240 at phx.gbl>
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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
> 
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