JIMMY RODGERS MEETS THE CARTER FAMILY

[fstrc02]

Its cool to hear Jimmie"s Mississippi accent. I love pre WW2 country and blues. Thanks for posting this moment in time.

[nickladey]

@fstrc02 yes you is right it is a moment in time thanks for the comment

nick cox hull

[nickladey]

well they was singers not actors but he and the carter family where legends in there own right thanks for the comment

nick

[bradjbourgeois73]

I love the music, but that's some bad acting, lol!

[nickladey]

yes both are good glad you like it thanks for the comment

nick

[Pentagonshark666]

both are good,but i prefer i any time Jimmie Rodgers.

[aphrabenn]

I prefer Johnny Cash and the Carters any time.......he and June were a great couple.....

[nickladey]

@aphrabenn yes they were good together in fact very good but for the time and the recording of Jimmy Rodgers and equipment used its good. thanks for the comment

nick cox hull

[phantomvibrationsX]

The sad thing is that they got no money for the 2 recordings of meeting each other. This particular one sold only a few hundred--700. They did many takes--performing the same routine time and time again. JR was so far gone from the TB and drinking that Maybelle had to perform his guitar..Its sort of a funny part of musical history--that in financial desperation--the Carter Family performed "hot town" and "T for Texas" with JR. It hit the fan about Coy after this recording--ending the innocence

[nickladey]

@phantomvibrationsX thanks for the info its nice to know what happend and stuff they were legens in there own right

thanks

nick

[pds3939]

The Carter family were way beyond him! You can tell by their interview with him. He acted a fool!

[nickladey]

@pds3939 the carter fanily were fantastic and so was he the godfarther of country music thanks for your comment

nick

[10TribeTime]

@nickladey Thank-you.

[Dannys998877]

@pds3939 Well, Rodgers and the Carters were working from a script. Yes, the material is corny, and none of the participants would ever have won an acting prize. But compared with Maybelle and Sara, I thought that AP Carter and Rodgers were not bad at delivering their lines for the recording. If Rodgers sounded odd with his yodel while speaking, for example, it's just because the yodel was his trademark, and he was doing what the script for the record called for.

[pds3939]

I can't understand what he says! He has a Black accent!

[nickladey]

@pds3939 i can simply the best

thanks for tghe comment

nick cox hull

[JaxRSmart]

Thanks so much for Jimmy Rodgers and the Carter Family, our country created real country music! They didn't have the technology to tweak their music and voices. What you see is what you get! Thank God for these great musicians!!!!

[phantomvibrationsX]

Thanks--I believe Hickman is pretty close--now that I have that--I can use it to further research it. Hi Everyone--maybe stop by and watch the comical videos of me experimenting with my new victrola. (1917 model 4) I played "the soldiers sweetheart" exactly as you see it occur--the other side I have not played yet --which by the way is the first song that Rodgers ever yodeled in--both were his 2 songs at the Bristol Sessions..side 2 victor 20864-A

[nickladey]

@phantomvibrationsX thanks for the comment and info

nick cox hull

[dmhickman64]

In their joke about two possums up one tree: In country music, a possum is usually a symbol of a man who fools around with other women. Consider for instance, George Jones being known as "the possum". The hound dog chased two possums up one tree, a rare occurence. How often can a dog do that? So, Paw Carter may have referenced that his hound dog (or a friend of his) caught two men chasing after a certain woman, a black woman (the black gum tree). Many people speak allegorically like that.

[nickladey]

@dmhickman64 thanks for that one vere intresting at least we now no whats in the song thanks for the info and comment

nick

[seancoxen]

@dmhickman64 Wow!! That's a pretty risque joke for those days. Thanks for the explanation.

[seancoxen]

Nobody understands the "two 'possums up one tree" joke, though Rodgers and the Carters sure seem to enjoy it. I suspect it may contain a racial reference, but can't be sure.

[nickladey]

@seancoxen well some one out there will tell us one day thanks for your comment glad you liked the vid

nick

[edisonphonographfan]

@seancoxen i understood it but im 13 and my papaw is from norton VA so when i played it for him he balled out laughin then he told me then i understood it

[nickladey]

@edisonphonographfan thanks for the comment i prasume its about the to possums up the gum tree you are refering to any way glad you liked it

nick cox hull england

[corinnabambina]

It's like he's not gone at all! (tearing up )

[cabinbowman]

Cool video...love Jimmy Rodgers and the Carter family...Actually my great grandfather Charlie Bowman knew the Carter Family pretty well. Dont know if he ever ecorded with them. He was a fiddler made his 1st commersial recording in 1926.

[nickladey]

thanks for the comment nice bit of history thanks glad you liked it

nick

[rwaggs62]

I never knew they actually met, this is great...their music styles were so different, but so important in the evolution of Country Music...this is so cool...I would have loved to hear the Carter's harmonizing on T for Texas...lol...GREAT UPLOAD MY FRIEND!!!

[nickladey]

thanks for yer comment there is another one the carter family meet jimmie rodgers its good i have the mp3 of it plus double cd of jimmie fantastic music love it

thanks nick

[jimmysbiggestfan74]

great video, I've been listening to jimmie rodgers for 35 0r 36 years never get tired of him. at the very end of this i think they cut it short on the c. d i think he also says something like well well, here we are. i could be wrong but i think i'm right. just wanted to say this in my humble opinion jimmie was the best.

[nickladey]

yes to me he was the godfarther of country music people will still be listerning to his music in a hundred years from now he was that good

thanks for your comment

nick cox

[hd95]

Pre-dates rap skits

[nickladey]

yes probley dose thanks for the comment

nick

[phantomvibrationsX]

Hi this is the first ive used reply but I was wondering if anyone knows or can figure out the joke Paw Carter tells about the 2 possums up one tree?  Im not sure what a black gum tree is..I have tried and checked with other people but nobody can figure it out.. Jimmie was the greatest and I wonder now "what if I had died before I discovered him". Thanks for itunes making itpossible to get the songs easily and the various books available. Hard to pick the true father but pop stoneman is there

[nickladey]

sorry i carnt help about the gum tree i sapose the sap out of it is used for making ruber or somthing of than nature i know apossum is some sort of animal but thats it

nick

[mellekl]

Hi, i looked it up for you. a possum is some kind of rat or squirrel which lives in a tree. And a black gum tree is a huge tree (75-80 feet tall) and can get sometimes 400 years old.

if you have another question, be free to ask

[ysplse]

Thanx Great stuff.

I've got a couple of double LP's of Jimmie Rodgers. And an LP by the Carter Familly of the 50's recordings with Jimmie Rodgers wife in the studio.

[BCRofficial]

GREAT!!!

[nickladey]

glad you thought it was grate nick cox hull

[PhillipCreeper]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

[nickladey]

thanks glad you liked it

nick cox hull

[laslos3]

nickladey, I watched you video several times...and even commented before. But I wanted to thank you for the picture of a postcard you have at 1:33 ...I hadn't noticed it prior to now...but there is a square and compass on it, representing that he was a Freemason. I read more and confirmed it! I am also a freemason...jimmie rogers was a hero to me becuase of his music, how great it is to know he was a brother! Thank you again...It may seem insignifigant to most, but it is dear to me.

-laslos

[nickladey]

thanks for the comment i also love his music glad you found the photograph of the free mason good its nice to no he was one of your brothers i have alot of his music if you want any let me know

thanks nick

[laslos3]

If you have "mother queen of my heart" it would be awesome. I have not been able to find jimmy doing that one, just a bunch of covers.

[isaiah434ruby]

I'm pretty sure I have every one of Jimmy's recordings. I'll check and see if I can get it on youtube for you. I'm traveling at this time, but as soon I possible I'll post it.

[jwhonkeytonk8905]

Love JIMMY RODGERS!! Great music hey hey

[nickladey]

thanks for your comment hey hey glad you liked it  yes it was grate music

nick cox hull

[trlstaff]

Great old stuff....this was how it was in the "30'S"........great historic music!

[nickladey]

thanks for the comment yes it was good music back then as you say historic thanks again nick cox hull

[Fozzymaple]

the acting's terrible, the singing was pretty good, but I'm sure it would have been better if it hadn't been scripted so heavily.

[walsham]

MAGIC!

[briartlaw]

thanks for posting great ..

[cravenmoorrrrrrrrr]

Used to play this on our old 78 in the 60's, thanks for this.

[Dannys998877]

Ralph Peer at Victor Records teamed his biggest country stars and issued "Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family" (supposedly in Virginia) and "The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas." Both records were actually recorded in Louisville, Kentucky. The dialogue is corny....and Jimmie, A.P., Maybelle, and Sarah are certainly no actors. But it's great fun to hear these great recording artists in spoken conversation.

[nickladey]

thanks for the comment and the verey good info

glad you liked it love the vids on yer chanell nick cox hull england

[laslos3]

I agree....Jimmie Rogers's talking voice sounds almost identical to what he sings like...which isn't always the case with musicians...:-) I think he said " Hey, Hey" about a million times! lol

[nickladey]

yes you are right alot of artists sing difrent to there talking voce where as jimmies sounded the same he was one of the all time grates thanks for posting

nick cox hull england

[nickladey]

yes it sertenly is glad you liked it he was one of the true grates as was the carter family thanks nick cox hull

[rbseaver]

Excellent! What a great, intimate, look into Jimmie and the Carter family.

[nickladey]

glad you liked it thanks for the comment

nick cox hull england

[thecarters28]

great, i love this!

[MAXAX03]

howdy!

nice photos and nice songs,-

but it's JimmIE not Y.

[nickladey]

thanks for the comment yes love jimmy rodgers his music has stud the test of time its still played today thanks again nick cox hull

[Somerset45]

Enjoyed your vid and your great historic pics.