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"Kiyu" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 21:31:32 +0100, "Mike SNIPPED.

Kiyu Wrote
Following the origins, myths &
music from the hills of Virginia, North Carolina & Georgia is perhaps
one of the most delightful journeys into the settlement of America one
could have.

Kiyu


couldn't agree with you more- thus *my* pursuance of an education in
Appalachian Studies ;-)

Snakefiddler

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"George Adams" wrote in message
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From: "snakefiddler"

And don't forget the Carter Family.....

Or Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers.

I can't remember the name of the guy that recorded "The Prisoner's Song",
("If
I had the wings of an angel"), but I understand that was the first
"crossover"
country/pop hit.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only
dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller


ah, yes, nearly iconic in my opinion, however, the distinction should be
made that gid and his boys are (most excellently) old time music
musicians....

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"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
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BJ Conner wrote

IF you know so much who recorded the first million selling record and
what was it?
ooh, ooh, can i play?

vern dalhart's rendition of "the wreck of the old '97.

Did your ever see the "Story of Engiish" the Bill Moyers series. He
trace the langeuage from the UK to the US via the scotch-irish
migration.

pity that he didn't seek you out, bj; no doubt you would have enjoyed
more than just 15 minutes of fame.


wayno
But he did. Watch the reruns.

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"a-happy-up-yours" wrote in
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snakefiddler wrote:


..........snipped some stuff...........



All good stuff- and a good start as well, but let me edeecate ya'll on
the
folks that really defined country music. It all started back in the
1920s
with the minstrel shows, which led to the popularity of the hillbilly
string
bands.
Probably ya'll have all heard Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Acuff, Tom Ashley, and
Uncle Dave Macon- all very important in the history of early country
music.
However, the first folks to actually record and popularize country music
were "Fiddlin" John Carson, with his recording of Cluck Old Hen, in
1923,
and Eck Robertson with his recording of Sallie Gooden, in 1922. These
were
the first country music recordings, and Fiddlin John Carson has been
attributed with revolutionizing the role of Old Time fiddling.
We can thank Ralph Peer and Tennessee for givin us these folks
recordings.

And don't forget the Carter Family.....

Also, I agree that today's "country" SUCKS

Snakefiddler- to steal a line from Wolfgang-
class dismissed ;-)




~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I'm goin' to th' wagon, Ma, these shoes are KILLIN' ME"
"Doctor" Lew Childre

WUNC-TV (Chapel Hill, NC) produced a show in the 1980's "Free Show
Tonight",
wherein they sought and were surprisingly successful in locating some of
the
surviving performers from the "Medicine Show" era. I think it's still
available
on VHS tape.

The show was a bit of an attempt to record a vanishing part of the history
of
that time. I think that they succeded.

BTW, why is it that nobody mentions Riley Puckett when recalling old
timers?
Nobody recalls him, I suppose.

Tom


Well, you could say we sort of mentioned ol riley in a round about sort of
way, as he was once the guitarist for the skillet lickers- also did some
duets with hugh ballard cross

Snakefiddler

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"Sierra fisher" wrote in message
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If there are no rules, why are trying to be the Enforcer?

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"Kiyu" wrote in message
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Heard a radio interview with Haggard once and he said he & his co
writer didn't know squat about Muscogee when they they wrote the song
and had never been there. They saw the name & the sound of it just fit
in with the song so they used it.

Perhaps my favorite song of all time. It has always struck me as
heartwarming that as late as 1969 a couple'a millionaire populist good ole
boys could still wave old glory down at the courthouse and have a smash hit
across the American heartland with a song extolling the virtues of one
illegal drug as compared to another. :)

Wolfgang
mah ****ry tisathee.......

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On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 20:36:24 -0600, "Wolfgang"
wrote:


"Kiyu" wrote in message
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Heard a radio interview with Haggard once and he said he & his co
writer didn't know squat about Muscogee when they they wrote the song
and had never been there. They saw the name & the sound of it just fit
in with the song so they used it.

Perhaps my favorite song of all time. It has always struck me as
heartwarming that as late as 1969 a couple'a millionaire populist good ole
boys could still wave old glory down at the courthouse and have a smash hit
across the American heartland with a song extolling the virtues of one
illegal drug as compared to another. :)

Wolfgang
mah ****ry tisathee.......



What are you, some kind of Bakuninist? ;^)

g.c.

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snakefiddler wrote:

couldn't agree with you more- thus *my* pursuance of an education in
Appalachian Studies ;-)

Now there's a "football major" for ya. Ranks right up there with basket
weaving and finger painting.

You go, girl, but be advised, you're pursuing a degree, not an education.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 20:36:24 -0600, "Wolfgang"

What are you, some kind of Bakuninist? ;^)

Um......I don't think so......****, I can't even spell that.

Wolfgang
who, it should not be necessary to point out, wouldn't join any movement
that would have him........um......hm...... :(

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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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snakefiddler wrote:

couldn't agree with you more- thus *my* pursuance of an education in
Appalachian Studies ;-)

Now there's a "football major" for ya. Ranks right up there with basket
weaving and finger painting.

You go, girl, but be advised, you're pursuing a degree, not an education.

.....as Nisbet and Himmelfarb roll over in their graves. :(

Wolfgang