[78-L] History Defectives

[David Lennick]

Hey, they could have shown the K. Oliver "test"....

dl

On 7/24/2012 10:23 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> Maybe these comments would be more effective if left on the HD web page or
> Facebook page if they have one.
>
> Ron L
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Bill Knowlton
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 9:02 PM
> To: 78-L (2)
> Subject: [78-L] History Defectives
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> As I sorta predicted that it would be, tonight's PBS History Detectives
> report and "research" on a Ku Klux Klan 78 record was a disappointment.
>
> It was overwhelmingly a history of the resurrected Klan of the 1920s.
>
> The coverage of  Richmond IN's Gennett Records was superficial and I was
> amazed that the "historian" on his visit to the Starr Gennett site didn't
> even refer to the wonderful Walkway Of Stars immediately outside the old
> factory building he was standing in!
>
> Louis Armstrong's Gennett recording was fortunately mentioned., but nowhere
> was there any reference to the huge variety of Gennett music, especially
> early country.
>
> And forget about Richmond's Starr-Gennett Foundation or the Gennett Museum.
>
> Pathetic.