To study Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family is truly amazing. This recording of course is a JR recording. Then "the Carter Family visits Jimmie Rodgers in Texas"--that one was a Carter recording. There must have been different takes of this recording. For instance this one is slightly different then the one that ITunes sells for 99 cents.. I have the original arriving in a few days and I will find out.
After much research including calling the Mountain music museum in Bristol, analyzing the book "Will you miss me when im gone?" the pbs special "will the circle be unbroken" and by a general preponderance of the evidence--AP was a little odd and his joke about 2 possums up one tree was just that-ODD-and that when Jimmie Rodgers said 'what are you talking about?" It was because he didnt know either--nobody does...off color or x rated is out of the equation because it wouldnt have been recorded
@phantomvibrationsX Thanks for your interesting comments about the treed possums. I've always assumed, like you, that 1930's standards precluded any possibility of the often advanced off-color reference related to AP Carter's famously awkward-sounding story. As odd as it sounds today, maybe there was a point to it at the time. But surely this special material was carefully scripted for the recording session, and it could not have come as an actual surprise to Rodgers.
@phantomvibrationsX Yes, AP was odd, but this record was not off-the-cuff. It was scripted. Who knows what that joke means, but it certainly meant something. Rodgers and the girls were all in on it...you can tell by their laughter.
What year was this recorded
jonessm50 2 months ago
@jonessm50 It was recorded in 1931.
baasting 2 months ago
To study Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family is truly amazing. This recording of course is a JR recording. Then "the Carter Family visits Jimmie Rodgers in Texas"--that one was a Carter recording. There must have been different takes of this recording. For instance this one is slightly different then the one that ITunes sells for 99 cents.. I have the original arriving in a few days and I will find out.
phantomvibrationsX 1 year ago
After much research including calling the Mountain music museum in Bristol, analyzing the book "Will you miss me when im gone?" the pbs special "will the circle be unbroken" and by a general preponderance of the evidence--AP was a little odd and his joke about 2 possums up one tree was just that-ODD-and that when Jimmie Rodgers said 'what are you talking about?" It was because he didnt know either--nobody does...off color or x rated is out of the equation because it wouldnt have been recorded
phantomvibrationsX 1 year ago
@phantomvibrationsX
Thanks for the info! I have also read the book "Will you miss me when Im gone?".
baasting 1 year ago
@phantomvibrationsX Thanks for your interesting comments about the treed possums. I've always assumed, like you, that 1930's standards precluded any possibility of the often advanced off-color reference related to AP Carter's famously awkward-sounding story. As odd as it sounds today, maybe there was a point to it at the time. But surely this special material was carefully scripted for the recording session, and it could not have come as an actual surprise to Rodgers.
Dannys998877 1 year ago
@phantomvibrationsX Yes, AP was odd, but this record was not off-the-cuff. It was scripted. Who knows what that joke means, but it certainly meant something. Rodgers and the girls were all in on it...you can tell by their laughter.
seancoxen 9 months ago
@seancoxen even the remaining Carter family up there dont know what he was talking about...
phantomvibrationsX 9 months ago
Can anybody explain to me the joke about two possums up a "black gum tree"? I never understood it. Perhaps its meaning is lost in time.
seancoxen 2 years ago
I think Jimmie's knowing laugh in response suggests that the meaning of the joke isn't entirely G-rated.
jonburrows 2 years ago