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Artist Biography For Lesley Riddle
Lesley "Esley" Riddle June 13 1905 - July 13 1980 Was An African-American Musician Whose Influence On The Carter Family Helped To Shape Country Music.
Riddle Was Born In Burnsville North Carolina. He Grew Up With His Paternal Grandparents Near Kingsport Tennessee Not Far From The Virginia Border.
While Working As A Young Man At A Cement Plant He Tripped On An Auger. The Resulting Injury Entailed The Amputation Of His Right Leg At The Knee. While He Recovered He Took Up The Guitar Developing An Innovative Picking And Slide Technique. Soon He Was Collaborating With Other Musicians From Sullivan And Scott Counties Including Steve Tarter Harry Gay Brownie McGhee And John Henry Lyons. One Time He Met Blind Lemon Jefferson At Tarter's House.
In 1928 Riddle Met A.P. Carter Who Had Just Founded The Carter Family Country Band. Riddle Began To Divide His Time Between Kingsport And The Carter Home In Maces Spring Virginia. Riddle And Carter Embarked On Song-Collecting Trips Around The Region Riddle Would Act As A "human Tape Recorder " Memorizing The Melody While Carter Gathered Lyrics.
The Carter Family Went On To Record A Number Of Songs That Riddle Either Composed Or Transmitted Including "Cannonball Blues " "Hello Stranger " "I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome " "Let The Church Roll On " "Bear Creek Blues " "March Winds Goin' " "Blow My Blues Away" And "Lonesome For You." Riddle's Guitar Technique Made An Impression On Maybelle Carter. 1 In 1937 Riddle Got Married And In 1942 Moved To Rochester New York. Soon He Retired From Music And In 1945 He Sold His Guitar Remaining Obscure For The Next Twenty Years. In 1965 Mike Seeger Fresh From A Collaboration With Maybelle Carter Tracked Down Riddle And Persuaded Him To Return To Recording Music. Over The Next 13 Years Riddle And Seeger Made A Series Of Studio Recordings. Riddle Also Made Appearances At The Smithsonian Folk Festival And The Mariposa Folk Festival.
Riddle Died In 1980 In Asheville North Carolina. In 1993 A Selection From The Sessions With Mike Seeger Was Released By Rounder Records As Step By Step Lesley Riddle Meets The Carter Family Blues Country & Sacred Songs.
Only July 31 2008 A Stage Production About Riddle's Life And His Time With And Influence On The Carter Family World Premiered At The Parkway Playhouse In Burnville NC - Birth Place Of Riddle. The Show Biographed The Life Of Esley And Featured Versions Of Songs As He Played Them And Then Again As The Carters Played Them. The Production Was Called "ESLEY The Life And Music Of Lesley Riddle" Written By Jeff Douglas Messer Directed By Michael Lilly And Starring Jim Arrendell As Esley.
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Biography - Lesley Riddle
Lesley "Esley" Riddle June 13 1905 - July 13 1980 Was An African-American Musician Whose Influence On The Carter Family Helped To Shape Country Music.
Riddle Was Born In Burnsville North Carolina. He Grew Up With His Paternal Grandparents Near Kingsport Tennessee Not Far From The Virginia Border.
While Working As A Young Man At A Cement Plant He Tripped On An Auger. The Resulting Injury Entailed The Amputation Of His Right Leg At The Knee. While He Recovered He Took Up The Guitar Developing An Innovative Picking And Slide Technique. Soon He Was Collaborating With Other Musicians From Sullivan And Scott Counties Including Steve Tarter Harry Gay Brownie McGhee And John Henry Lyons. One Time He Met Blind Lemon Jefferson At Tarter's House.
In 1928 Riddle Met A.P. Carter Who Had Just Founded The Carter Family Country Band. Riddle Began To Divide His Time Between Kingsport And The Carter Home In Maces Spring Virginia. Riddle And Carter Embarked On Song-Collecting Trips Around The Region Riddle Would Act As A "human Tape Recorder " Memorizing The Melody While Carter Gathered Lyrics.
The Carter Family Went On To Record A Number Of Songs That Riddle Either Composed Or Transmitted Including "Cannonball Blues " "Hello Stranger " "I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome " "Let The Church Roll On " "Bear Creek Blues " "March Winds Goin' " "Blow My Blues Away" And "Lonesome For You." Riddle's Guitar Technique Made An Impression On Maybelle Carter. 1 In 1937 Riddle Got Married And In 1942 Moved To Rochester New York. Soon He Retired From Music And In 1945 He Sold His Guitar Remaining Obscure For The Next Twenty Years. In 1965 Mike Seeger Fresh From A Collaboration With Maybelle Carter Tracked Down Riddle And Persuaded Him To Return To Recording Music. Over The Next 13 Years Riddle And Seeger Made A Series Of Studio Recordings. Riddle Also Made Appearances At The Smithsonian Folk Festival And The Mariposa Folk Festival.
Riddle Died In 1980 In Asheville North Carolina. In 1993 A Selection From The Sessions With Mike Seeger Was Released By Rounder Records As Step By Step Lesley Riddle Meets The Carter Family Blues Country & Sacred Songs.
Only July 31 2008 A Stage Production About Riddle's Life And His Time With And Influence On The Carter Family World Premiered At The Parkway Playhouse In Burnville NC - Birth Place Of Riddle. The Show Biographed The Life Of Esley And Featured Versions Of Songs As He Played Them And Then Again As The Carters Played Them. The Production Was Called "ESLEY The Life And Music Of Lesley Riddle" Written By Jeff Douglas Messer Directed By Michael Lilly And Starring Jim Arrendell As Esley. read less
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Riddle Was Born In Burnsville North Carolina. He Grew Up With His Paternal Grandparents Near Kingsport Tennessee Not Far From The Virginia Border.
While Working As A Young Man At A Cement Plant He Tripped On An Auger. The Resulting Injury Entailed The Amputation Of His Right Leg At The Knee. While He Recovered He Took Up The Guitar Developing An Innovative Picking And Slide Technique. Soon He Was Collaborating With Other Musicians From Sullivan And Scott Counties Including Steve Tarter Harry Gay Brownie McGhee And John Henry Lyons. One Time He Met Blind Lemon Jefferson At Tarter's House.
In 1928 Riddle Met A.P. Carter Who Had Just Founded The Carter Family Country Band. Riddle Began To Divide His Time Between Kingsport And The Carter Home In Maces Spring Virginia. Riddle And Carter Embarked On Song-Collecting Trips Around The Region Riddle Would Act As A "human Tape Recorder " Memorizing The Melody While Carter Gathered Lyrics.
The Carter Family Went On To Record A Number Of Songs That Riddle Either Composed Or Transmitted Including "Cannonball Blues " "Hello Stranger " "I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome " "Let The Church Roll On " "Bear Creek Blues " "March Winds Goin' " "Blow My Blues Away" And "Lonesome For You." Riddle's Guitar Technique Made An Impression On Maybelle Carter. 1 In 1937 Riddle Got Married And In 1942 Moved To Rochester New York. Soon He Retired From Music And In 1945 He Sold His Guitar Remaining Obscure For The Next Twenty Years. In 1965 Mike Seeger Fresh From A Collaboration With Maybelle Carter Tracked Down Riddle And Persuaded Him To Return To Recording Music. Over The Next 13 Years Riddle And Seeger Made A Series Of Studio Recordings. Riddle Also Made Appearances At The Smithsonian Folk Festival And The Mariposa Folk Festival.
Riddle Died In 1980 In Asheville North Carolina. In 1993 A Selection From The Sessions With Mike Seeger Was Released By Rounder Records As Step By Step Lesley Riddle Meets The Carter Family Blues Country & Sacred Songs.
Only July 31 2008 A Stage Production About Riddle's Life And His Time With And Influence On The Carter Family World Premiered At The Parkway Playhouse In Burnville NC - Birth Place Of Riddle. The Show Biographed The Life Of Esley And Featured Versions Of Songs As He Played Them And Then Again As The Carters Played Them. The Production Was Called "ESLEY The Life And Music Of Lesley Riddle" Written By Jeff Douglas Messer Directed By Michael Lilly And Starring Jim Arrendell As Esley. read less
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