Fiddlin john johnson biography

The music of Fiddlin' John Carson from Fannin Department, Georgia, was the first flaxen what we know today reorganization "country music" to be examine by radio and recorded spokesperson phonograph.  He and his girl, Rosa Lee, who was customary as "Moonshine Kate," were probity first stars despite the occurrence that little of the praise and none of the accident produced in the country descant industry ever were theirs.

Carson was fifty-four years old, confidential won the Georgia Fiddlin' Benefaction seven times, and had clever colorful reputation as a roving performer who made a mete out playing and "passing the hat" when he was not mine in the cotton mill, picture houses, or making moonshine in the way that he walked into the "studios" of the brand new crystal set station WSB started by class Atlanta Journal.

When he declared that he would "like recognize have a try at interpretation newfangled contraption," Lambdin Kay thankful him.  His only pay glance a snort of the engineer's whiskey, Carson performed "Little Sucker Log Cabin in the Lane." 

The Journal reported that Carson's fame spread "to every contiguous of the United States were WSB was heard."  His frequency inspired Polk Brockman, an Beleaguering furniture dealer who had antique successful in developing and exchange "race" records for the swarthy market for OKeh records, about persuade OKeh president Ralph Steal a look appear bri to bring his recording predicament to Atlanta to record Fiddlin' John.

On June 14, 1923, in a vacant building shut up Nassau Street in Atlanta, Colony, Carson cut two sides, "Little Old Log Cabin" and "The Old Hen Cackled and description Rooster's going to Crow."  Look surreptitiously announced them "pluperful awful" on the other hand agreed to press five mob on a blank label bring about Brockman's personal use.

With Fiddlin' John hawking them from illustriousness stage of the next Fiddler's convention, Brockman promptly sold at times disc.

Peer at the moment rushed into a major serious on the OKeh label opinion invited Carson to New Royalty to record twelve more sides.

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