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Texas fiddler performs on first commercial country music recording
On this day in 1922, legendary Texas fiddler Alexander (Eck) Robertson,
along with fiddler Henry C. Gilliland, made what most country music
historians consider the first commercial recordings of country music.
The duets included the famous "Arkansas Traveler" and "Turkey in the
Straw." The following day, Robertson returned to the studio without
Gilliland and recorded six additional tracks solo, including the popular
"Sallie Gooden," as well as two tracks that were never released. The
Victor Talking Machine Company issued a limited release of "Arkansas
Traveler" and "Sallie Gooden" in September 1922, but not until April
1923 was the disc in wide circulation. Two other recordings of Robertson
were released later in 1923 and 1924. Robertson set the trend for future
performers, as fourteen Central Texas fiddlers succeeded him by
recording commercially in the years shortly following his first
recording.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER [ECK]
- FOLK MUSIC
- Other Texas Day by Day Articles for This Date
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- Henry Flipper is dismissed from the military (1882)
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