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Fiddlin' John Carson
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Fiddlin' John Carson March 23 1868 – December 11 1949 Was An American "old-Time" Folk Fiddler And An Early-Recorded Country Musician. Carson Was Born In Or Near Fannin County Georgia And Grew Up On A Farm There. His Father Worked As A Section Foreman For The W&A Railroad Company. In His Teens Carson Learned To Play The Fiddle Using An Old Stradivari-Copy Violin Brought From Ireland In The Early 18th Century. When He Was Eleven Years Old He Used To Roam The Streets Of Copperhill Playing For Tips. In His Teens He Worked As A Racehorse Jockey.
In 1894 He Was Married And A Couple Of Years Later In 1900 He Began Working For The Exposition Cotton Mill In Atlanta Followed By Work In Other Cotton Mills Of The Atlanta Area For The Next Twenty Years Eventually He Was Promoted To Be A Foreman. In 1911 Carson's Family Moved To Cabbagetown Georgia And He And His Children Began Working For The Fulton Bag And Cotton Mill. Three Years Later In 1914 The Workers Of The Cotton Mill Went On Strike For Their Right To Form A Union And Carson Had Nothing Else To Do But To Perform For A Living In The Streets Of North Atlanta. In These Days He Wrote Many Songs And He Used To Print Copies And Sell Them In The Streets For A Nickel Or A Dime. Some Of The Songs He Wrote Dealt With Real Life Drama Like The Murder Ballad "Mary Phagan". Because The Governor Of Georgia John Marshall Slaton Commuted The Death Sentence Of The Accused Murderer Of Mary Phagan To A Life Sentence Carson In Outrage Wrote Another Version Of "Mary Phagan" Where He Accused The Governor Of Being Paid A Million Dollars From A New York Bank To Change The Verdict. Carson Was Thrown In Jail For Slander. The Accused Killer Leo Frank Was Lynched Decades Later A Witness Gave Testimony Indicating That The Killer Had Probably Been Another Man Jim Conley. On April 1 1913 Carson Performed At The First Annual "Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention" Held At The Municipal Auditorium In Atlanta Where He Only Became Fourth. But Between 1914 And 1922 He Was Proclaimed "Champion Fiddler Of Georgia" Seven Times. The Governor Of Tennessee Robert L. Taylor Dubbed Him "Fiddlin' John". In 1919 Carson Began Touring Mostly The Areas North Of Atlanta With His Newly Formed Band The Cronies. He Became Associated With Many Politicians Of Georgia Like Tom Watson Herman Talmadge And Eugene Talmadge Relations That Gave Rise To New Songs Like "Tom Watson Special". Carson And His Daughter Rosa Lee Began A Series Of Performances For Different Political Campaigns For The Tom Watson U.S. Senate Campaign In 1920 For All Of The Gene Talmadge's Campaigns And For The Herman Talmadge Governor Campaign. On September 9 1922 Carson Made His Radio Debut At Atlanta Journal's Radio Station WSB In Atlanta Carson's Fame Quickly Spread All Over The United States Following His Broadcast At WSB. In Early June 1923 Polk C. Brockman An Atlanta Furniture Store Owner Who Had Been Instrumental In The Distribution Of Records For Okeh Went To New York To Work Out A New Business Deal With Okeh Records. Later In New York He Was Asked If He Knew Of Any Artist In Atlanta That Could Justify A Recording Trip To Georgia. Brockman Promised To Return With An Answer. A Few Days Later He Was Watching A Movie Followed By A Silent Newsreel At The Palace Theater In Times Square. The Newsreel Contained Footage Of Fiddlin' John Carson From An Old Time Fiddler's Contest In Virginia. Brockman Wrote In His Notebook "Record Fiddlin' John Carson". At His Next Meeting With Okeh Records Board He Persuaded Ralph Peer To Go Ahead And Record Carson.
About June 14 1923 Date Is Uncertain Carson Made His Recording Debut In An Empty Building On Nassau Street In Atlanta Cutting Two Sides "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" And "The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow." Peer Didn't Like The Singing Style Of Carson And Described It "pluperfect Awful" But He Was Persuaded By Brockman To Press Five Hundred For Him To Distribute. The Recording Was Immediately Sold Out From The Stage Of The Next Fiddler's Convention On July 13 1923. Peer Realizing Carson's Potential Immediately Invited Carson To New York For Another Recording Session.
Fiddlin' John Carson Ceased Recording Temporarily In 1931 But Resumed In 1934 Now For The Victor Label. Between 1923 And 1931 Carson Recorded Almost 150 Songs Mostly Together With The "Virginia Reelers" Or His Daughter Rosa Lee Carson Who Performed With Him As "Moonshine Kate". He Wrote More Than 150 Songs In His Life But Only Nine Were Ever Copyrighted. Because Carson Couldn't Read Sheet Music He Had His Songs Transferred To Standard Notation By The Stepdaughter Of Preacher Andrew Jenkins Irene Spain. Carson Was Involved In Several Copyright Issues With Both Okeh Records And Other Musicians During His Active Career.
In His Later Years He Worked For The Local Government As An Elevator Operator In Atlanta A Job He Had Obtained Through His Friendship With Governor Herman Talmadge. He Died In 1949 In Atlanta Georgia And Is Buried In Sylvester Cemetery In The East Atlanta Neighborhood Of Atlanta.
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Fiddlin' John Carson March 23 1868 – December 11 1949 Was An American "old-Time" Folk Fiddler And An Early-Recorded Country Musician. Carson Was Born In Or Near Fannin County Georgia And Grew Up On A Farm There. His Father Worked As A Section Foreman For The W&A Railroad Company. In His Teens Carson Learned To Play The Fiddle Using An Old Stradivari-Copy Violin Brought From Ireland In The Early 18th Century. When He Was Eleven Years Old He Used To Roam The Streets Of Copperhill Playing For Tips. In His Teens He Worked As A Racehorse Jockey.
In 1894 He Was Married And A Couple Of Years Later In 1900 He Began Working For The Exposition Cotton Mill In Atlanta Followed By Work In Other Cotton Mills Of The Atlanta Area For The Next Twenty Years Eventually He Was Promoted To Be A Foreman. In 1911 Carson's Family Moved To Cabbagetown Georgia And He And His Children Began Working For The Fulton Bag And Cotton Mill. Three Years Later In 1914 The Workers Of The Cotton Mill Went On Strike For Their Right To Form A Union And Carson Had Nothing Else To Do But To Perform For A Living In The Streets Of North Atlanta. In These Days He Wrote Many Songs And He Used To Print Copies And Sell Them In The Streets For A Nickel Or A Dime. Some Of The Songs He Wrote Dealt With Real Life Drama Like The Murder Ballad "Mary Phagan". Because The Governor Of Georgia John Marshall Slaton Commuted The Death Sentence Of The Accused Murderer Of Mary Phagan To A Life Sentence Carson In Outrage Wrote Another Version Of "Mary Phagan" Where He Accused The Governor Of Being Paid A Million Dollars From A New York Bank To Change The Verdict. Carson Was Thrown In Jail For Slander. The Accused Killer Leo Frank Was Lynched Decades Later A Witness Gave Testimony Indicating That The Killer Had Probably Been Another Man Jim Conley. On April 1 1913 Carson Performed At The First Annual "Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention" Held At The Municipal Auditorium In Atlanta Where He Only Became Fourth. But Between 1914 And 1922 He Was Proclaimed "Champion Fiddler Of Georgia" Seven Times. The Governor Of Tennessee Robert L. Taylor Dubbed Him "Fiddlin' John". In 1919 Carson Began Touring Mostly The Areas North Of Atlanta With His Newly Formed Band The Cronies. He Became Associated With Many Politicians Of Georgia Like Tom Watson Herman Talmadge And Eugene Talmadge Relations That Gave Rise To New Songs Like "Tom Watson Special". Carson And His Daughter Rosa Lee Began A Series Of Performances For Different Political Campaigns For The Tom Watson U.S. Senate Campaign In 1920 For All Of The Gene Talmadge's Campaigns And For The Herman Talmadge Governor Campaign. On September 9 1922 Carson Made His Radio Debut At Atlanta Journal's Radio Station WSB In Atlanta Carson's Fame Quickly Spread All Over The United States Following His Broadcast At WSB. In Early June 1923 Polk C. Brockman An Atlanta Furniture Store Owner Who Had Been Instrumental In The Distribution Of Records For Okeh Went To New York To Work Out A New Business Deal With Okeh Records. Later In New York He Was Asked If He Knew Of Any Artist In Atlanta That Could Justify A Recording Trip To Georgia. Brockman Promised To Return With An Answer. A Few Days Later He Was Watching A Movie Followed By A Silent Newsreel At The Palace Theater In Times Square. The Newsreel Contained Footage Of Fiddlin' John Carson From An Old Time Fiddler's Contest In Virginia. Brockman Wrote In His Notebook "Record Fiddlin' John Carson". At His Next Meeting With Okeh Records Board He Persuaded Ralph Peer To Go Ahead And Record Carson.
About June 14 1923 Date Is Uncertain Carson Made His Recording Debut In An Empty Building On Nassau Street In Atlanta Cutting Two Sides "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" And "The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow." Peer Didn't Like The Singing Style Of Carson And Described It "pluperfect Awful" But He Was Persuaded By Brockman To Press Five Hundred For Him To Distribute. The Recording Was Immediately Sold Out From The Stage Of The Next Fiddler's Convention On July 13 1923. Peer Realizing Carson's Potential Immediately Invited Carson To New York For Another Recording Session.
Fiddlin' John Carson Ceased Recording Temporarily In 1931 But Resumed In 1934 Now For The Victor Label. Between 1923 And 1931 Carson Recorded Almost 150 Songs Mostly Together With The "Virginia Reelers" Or His Daughter Rosa Lee Carson Who Performed With Him As "Moonshine Kate". He Wrote More Than 150 Songs In His Life But Only Nine Were Ever Copyrighted. Because Carson Couldn't Read Sheet Music He Had His Songs Transferred To Standard Notation By The Stepdaughter Of Preacher Andrew Jenkins Irene Spain. Carson Was Involved In Several Copyright Issues With Both Okeh Records And Other Musicians During His Active Career.
In His Later Years He Worked For The Local Government As An Elevator Operator In Atlanta A Job He Had Obtained Through His Friendship With Governor Herman Talmadge. He Died In 1949 In Atlanta Georgia And Is Buried In Sylvester Cemetery In The East Atlanta Neighborhood Of Atlanta. read less
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In 1894 He Was Married And A Couple Of Years Later In 1900 He Began Working For The Exposition Cotton Mill In Atlanta Followed By Work In Other Cotton Mills Of The Atlanta Area For The Next Twenty Years Eventually He Was Promoted To Be A Foreman. In 1911 Carson's Family Moved To Cabbagetown Georgia And He And His Children Began Working For The Fulton Bag And Cotton Mill. Three Years Later In 1914 The Workers Of The Cotton Mill Went On Strike For Their Right To Form A Union And Carson Had Nothing Else To Do But To Perform For A Living In The Streets Of North Atlanta. In These Days He Wrote Many Songs And He Used To Print Copies And Sell Them In The Streets For A Nickel Or A Dime. Some Of The Songs He Wrote Dealt With Real Life Drama Like The Murder Ballad "Mary Phagan". Because The Governor Of Georgia John Marshall Slaton Commuted The Death Sentence Of The Accused Murderer Of Mary Phagan To A Life Sentence Carson In Outrage Wrote Another Version Of "Mary Phagan" Where He Accused The Governor Of Being Paid A Million Dollars From A New York Bank To Change The Verdict. Carson Was Thrown In Jail For Slander. The Accused Killer Leo Frank Was Lynched Decades Later A Witness Gave Testimony Indicating That The Killer Had Probably Been Another Man Jim Conley. On April 1 1913 Carson Performed At The First Annual "Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention" Held At The Municipal Auditorium In Atlanta Where He Only Became Fourth. But Between 1914 And 1922 He Was Proclaimed "Champion Fiddler Of Georgia" Seven Times. The Governor Of Tennessee Robert L. Taylor Dubbed Him "Fiddlin' John". In 1919 Carson Began Touring Mostly The Areas North Of Atlanta With His Newly Formed Band The Cronies. He Became Associated With Many Politicians Of Georgia Like Tom Watson Herman Talmadge And Eugene Talmadge Relations That Gave Rise To New Songs Like "Tom Watson Special". Carson And His Daughter Rosa Lee Began A Series Of Performances For Different Political Campaigns For The Tom Watson U.S. Senate Campaign In 1920 For All Of The Gene Talmadge's Campaigns And For The Herman Talmadge Governor Campaign. On September 9 1922 Carson Made His Radio Debut At Atlanta Journal's Radio Station WSB In Atlanta Carson's Fame Quickly Spread All Over The United States Following His Broadcast At WSB. In Early June 1923 Polk C. Brockman An Atlanta Furniture Store Owner Who Had Been Instrumental In The Distribution Of Records For Okeh Went To New York To Work Out A New Business Deal With Okeh Records. Later In New York He Was Asked If He Knew Of Any Artist In Atlanta That Could Justify A Recording Trip To Georgia. Brockman Promised To Return With An Answer. A Few Days Later He Was Watching A Movie Followed By A Silent Newsreel At The Palace Theater In Times Square. The Newsreel Contained Footage Of Fiddlin' John Carson From An Old Time Fiddler's Contest In Virginia. Brockman Wrote In His Notebook "Record Fiddlin' John Carson". At His Next Meeting With Okeh Records Board He Persuaded Ralph Peer To Go Ahead And Record Carson.
About June 14 1923 Date Is Uncertain Carson Made His Recording Debut In An Empty Building On Nassau Street In Atlanta Cutting Two Sides "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" And "The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow." Peer Didn't Like The Singing Style Of Carson And Described It "pluperfect Awful" But He Was Persuaded By Brockman To Press Five Hundred For Him To Distribute. The Recording Was Immediately Sold Out From The Stage Of The Next Fiddler's Convention On July 13 1923. Peer Realizing Carson's Potential Immediately Invited Carson To New York For Another Recording Session.
Fiddlin' John Carson Ceased Recording Temporarily In 1931 But Resumed In 1934 Now For The Victor Label. Between 1923 And 1931 Carson Recorded Almost 150 Songs Mostly Together With The "Virginia Reelers" Or His Daughter Rosa Lee Carson Who Performed With Him As "Moonshine Kate". He Wrote More Than 150 Songs In His Life But Only Nine Were Ever Copyrighted. Because Carson Couldn't Read Sheet Music He Had His Songs Transferred To Standard Notation By The Stepdaughter Of Preacher Andrew Jenkins Irene Spain. Carson Was Involved In Several Copyright Issues With Both Okeh Records And Other Musicians During His Active Career.
In His Later Years He Worked For The Local Government As An Elevator Operator In Atlanta A Job He Had Obtained Through His Friendship With Governor Herman Talmadge. He Died In 1949 In Atlanta Georgia And Is Buried In Sylvester Cemetery In The East Atlanta Neighborhood Of Atlanta. read less
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