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

[Rjholtin]

That, too was common at the time.  You'll probably find it that way on labels, sleeves, catalogs and such.  I noticed that just a few months ago among some of my stuff.  Think I  
 may even have two copies of some disc and it appears both ways.  Mal will probably know some details.

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On Apr 26, 2012, at 8:11 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

But he spelled it "ukelele'.

dl

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

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


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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



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Jason Hill


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