[78-L] History Defectives [fwd]

[Mike Harkin]

A "History" marred by uncountable errors of omission and commission."
Who directed -- Ken Burns?

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Wed, 7/25/12, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] History Defectives
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 2:26 AM
> 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
> >
> > -----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
> >
> >
> > 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.
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