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The
"Old Southern Sound" was a mixture of several traditions and there were
no strictly borders between the different styles. Black blues and white
hillbilly musicians influenced each other and often shared a common repertoire.
DeFord Bailey learned these tunes from his grandfather who called them "black
hillbilly music". The harmonica became a link between the races as the first
mass produced musical instrument which was cheap enough for everyone to
own. It was easy to play and you could carry it around in your pocket. The
harmonica was not only popular with soloists who liked to imitate the sounds
of trains and fox-chases with it, but was also widely used in many hillbilly
stringbands to add a different flavour.
In
1931, at the height of the depression, The Woodie Brothers only sold 864
copies of Their record, but they knew they knew their reward lay in the
future: "Now I ran ole Satan Though door/And I´m gonna wear that starry
crown over there." (Sounds like Fall lync. In fact, it is a Fall lync-Stunned
Ed) In the 1990s the Woodies gain another honour by opening this gritty
compilation of guitar and harmonica-toting hillbillies. The album is subtitled
"Early Harmonica Recordings From The 1920s And 30s, and there are beautiful
photos of harmonicas packaged for the cowboy market, with names like Pioneer
and The Lone Star Rider. Expertly researched by Christoph Wagner, author
of books (sadly in German only) on the social history of the harmonica
and accordion.
(The Wire)
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| Dr. Humphrey
Bate Crook Brothers Deford Bailey The Pickard Family Karl & Harty Woodie Brothers Nelstone's Hawaiians Riverside Ramblers Louisiana Rounders Joe Werner & The Ramblers Lonnie Glosson Dave McCarn |
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