TGIFF! Its Fiddle Friday. On June 14, 1923 Fiddlin’ John Carson entered a
building on Nassau Street in Atlanta and recorded The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
. Carson’s recording was believed to be "one side of the first
documented recordings of a southern rural musician." We now know that is
not quite right. “Eck Robertson recorded several sides of fiddle music
on Victor before Carson made his first recording, and one of the discs
was released before Carson's. But it didn't have any impact, probably
because Victor considered itself a "prestige" label and had no idea how
to market it. (They also, unlike their competitors, had no distribution
agreement with a major mail-order company like Sears, and wouldn't until
the 1930s, so they missed a prime means of distribution to rural
buyers.) Carson's OKeh disc, backed with The Old Hen Cackled and the
Rooster's Going to Crow," wasn't the first, but it was the one that
started the avalanche.” Read more about the tune here: http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/bal...
https://youtu.be/5SrD1DIA6-s
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