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

[David Lennick]

But he spelled it "ukelele'.

dl

On 4/26/2012 7:25 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> 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
>>