In 1922 Fiddlin' John Carson was the first genuine old-time country artist to play country music on the radio, and in 1923 the "country-music recording industry was launched" when Carson recorded his first songs. OKEH records was finally convinced to let him cut two sides. Unimpressed they pressed 500 copies. It sold out in a week and final sales wound up around 500,000. The tunes he recorded were The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane/The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow. The 1923 recording of the first side is one of our selections and is available on his Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1, 1923-1924. When you are listening to George Strait, Kenny Chesney, etc., remember where this all got started.
For our second selection we'll bring back John Dilleshaw and his recording of Streak O' Lean Streak O' Fat.
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