Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane

"Songs Bob Fuller taught me to love"
Lew Dite with his tenor banjo.

Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane was written in 1871 by William Shakespeare Hayes, who spent time in a Union jail for writing seditious songs during the Civil War. It was first recorded by Fiddlin' John Carson in Atlanta, Georgia in June of 1923. The initial success of this recording made Okeh record producer Ralph Peer aware of the enormous commercial potential of recording and marketing hillbilly records.
In addition to ushering in the era of recorded country music, Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane also has the distinction of being the first country record to be "covered" by another artist. ("Covering" a song is a term used when a record is made to come in on the coattails of a recent hit.) In March of 1924, the blind streetsinger and guitarist Riley Puckett, backed up on fiddle by chicken farmer Gid Tanner, chose Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane for his first recording on Columbia. On the flip side, Puckett recorded Rock All Our Babies To Sleep and became the first to yodel on a phonograph record.

THE WORDS & CHORDS TO THIS SONG AT:
www.youtube.com/LDsongscreen

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lew
• Dite
• country
• tenor
• banjo
• old
• timey

[hoosierhiver]

I love this tune.

[lewdite]

Me too!

[blhump272]

I have listened to most all of your vids. You are a good old time player. I live just a few miles from The Cumberland Gap so we have many traditional players here. I play 5 string drop thumb style. Thanks, send more.

[lewdite]

That's one heck of a compliment coming from your neck of the woods. Thank you... I really appreciate it.

Best wishes from Canada.

[blhump272]

I can't tell, is that a four string banjo - it appears so.

[lewdite]

Yes, it is a tenor banjo that I tune the same as the first 4 strings of a guitar... D G B E

[jaworskij]

Did they sing this song in England (UK) in 1871? I had a past life there and wonder if I had heard it back then in that country at the pub or something like that?

[jaworskij]

Did they sing this song in England (UK) in 1871? I had a past life there and wonder if I had heard it back then in that country?

[FiddleClub]

@lewdite

Interesting tuning, same as my tenor banjo uke, which I love to play. I really enjoyed listening to your playing.

[Robbobli]

i really enjoyed this rendition thanks

[cadjunk]

Loved it, like that on the ol banjo. Thank you for sharing. Gwen

[widdyhabb]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[bluntslidebay]

wow, you sound amazing. great voice.