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Remembering Fiddlin' John Carson (March 23, 1868 – December 11, 1949) American old time fiddler and an early-recorded country musician.
Fiddlin’ John Carson Biography- 1923
“I’m Hell broke loose in a new store shirt to fiddle all Georgia crazy.” Stephen Vincent Benet
Early Country Music’s fiddling champ and recording star, Fiddlin' John Carson (1868-1949) waxed his first record in 1923 and by 1924 was a sensation. Not only was he immortalized with a poem, The Mountain Whipporwill, written about his fiddling duel with Lowe Stokes (see excerpt above), but he recorded 165 titles (121 different songs) and established himself as the first successful country recording artist.
On June 14, 1923, in a vacant building on Nassau Street in Atlanta, Georgia, Carson cut two sides, "Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" and "The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster's Going to Crow" for Okeh. This recording can certainly be considered the most important in early Country Music history. Carson was the first recording star, recorded on one of the first portable systems that could be used to record on location anywhere in the country, had the first hit Country record, and was the first Country radio performer.Bluegrass Messengers - Fiddlin' John Carson- 1923 www.bluegrassmessengers.comThis site is an ongoing collection of bluegrass and bluegrass related lyrics.
Fiddlin’ John Carson Biography- 1923
“I’m Hell broke loose in a new store shirt to fiddle all Georgia crazy.” Stephen Vincent Benet
Early Country Music’s fiddling champ and recording star, Fiddlin' John Carson (1868-1949) waxed his first record in 1923 and by 1924 was a sensation. Not only was he immortalized with a poem, The Mountain Whipporwill, written about his fiddling duel with Lowe Stokes (see excerpt above), but he recorded 165 titles (121 different songs) and established himself as the first successful country recording artist.
On June 14, 1923, in a vacant building on Nassau Street in Atlanta, Georgia, Carson cut two sides, "Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" and "The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster's Going to Crow" for Okeh. This recording can certainly be considered the most important in early Country Music history. Carson was the first recording star, recorded on one of the first portable systems that could be used to record on location anywhere in the country, had the first hit Country record, and was the first Country radio performer.Bluegrass Messengers - Fiddlin' John Carson- 1923 www.bluegrassmessengers.comThis site is an ongoing collection of bluegrass and bluegrass related lyrics.
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