Arkansaw Traveler Victor Record

my mother was born in arkansas 100 years ago today left as an infant after the death of her mother...she loved this song and it is a wonderful memory to listen to this today.....been looking for the right one and this is it....thanks for the tears

THE Southern fiddle tune!  You hardly ever hear the words though.

recorded in 1922. this is the first known commercial recording of country music. Eck Robertson was a Amarillo -based fiddler.

Henry C. Gilliland was a champion Confederate fiddler in the Civil War and continued to hold fiddling contests until he died. Eck went along to Virginia for a United Confederate Veterans reunion with Henry. They were heard by a Blue Bird Records man who sent them to New York to record. Eck was wearing his cowboy garb and Henry was wearing an original Confederate Uniform with UCV buttons. The engineer is reputed to have said "I've got to hear this" upon seeing them when they appeared at the door.

Awesome...Thanks for sharing!!!

i LOVE THIS SONG!!!! orgasmic

These duets are pretty cool.

Thanks for commenting! I really enjoy listening to these old records to hear how the old timers played before Flatt and Scruggs came along, and before they had microphones, recording studios, mixers, etc. It is pure music, even if it is acoustically recorded. David N