[78-L] electric guitar 1929?

[Joe Scott]

Dunn was 1/27/35, and Sam Koki with Andy Iona was months earlier -- unless there's doubt about it being Sam? Sounding a lot more like western swing than one might expect:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uVSkayNg00 

Joseph Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: Cary Ginell
Sent: 02/19/14 03:01 PM
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Subject: Re: [78-L] electric guitar 1929?

So is Bob Dunn still the earliest identified person to record with an amplified guitar? Cary > Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:12:32 -1000 > From: malcolm at 78data.com > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com > Subject: [78-L] electric guitar 1929? > > Pardon the typos. My fingers wanted a day off. > Here's the corrected copy: > > Okay, so what you have here (see ad) is an amplified acoustic guitar/banjo/mandolin/banjo-mandolin, etc., which is a far cry from an electric instrument. It's an/electrified/ instrument. The first commercial/electric/ instrument, where each strings vibrations were used by a transducer to form an electrical signal, which then went to an amplifier, was manufactured by Rickenbacker and was a lap-style "fry-pan" style Hawaiian steel guitar. > > The record that is considered to be the first example of this type of electric guitar is Vi V-92, Noi Lane Hawaiian Orchestra (electric steel guitar player unknown), "Dreams Of Aloha", recorded in NYC on Feb. 22, 1933. > > Bob Dunn followed suit in c. 1934. > > Malcolm > _______________________________________________ > 78-L mailing list > 78-L at klickitat.78online.com > http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l _______________________________________________ 78-L mailing list 78-L at klickitat.78online.com http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l