Fiddlin' John Carson - Wikipedia
"Fiddlin'" John Carson (March 23, 1868 – December 11, 1949) was an American musician and singer who is widely considered to be one of the early pioneers of country music. [1]
Fiddlin' John Carson - New Georgia Encyclopedia
Between 1913 and 1935 Carson was a major figure at the Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers’ Conventions, held annually in Atlanta. A favorite among contesting fiddlers, he was a colorful character who knew the value of publicity and understood how to cultivate it.
Fiddlin’ John Carson - Today In Georgia History
Fannin County native fiddlin’ John Carson was a colorful character who played every year at the Georgia old-time fiddlers’ conventions in Atlanta beginning in 1913. He first gained fame performing “The Ballad Of Mary Phagan” during the Leo Frank trial in Atlanta.
Fiddlin’ John Carson: Remarkable Fiddler & Early Country …
Dec 13, 2019 · Who is Fiddlin’ John Carson? He grew up on a farm in Fanning County, Georgia. His father was a section foreman for the W&A Railroad Company. Through the use of an old Stradivari-copy violin that was brought from Ireland in the early 18 th century, Carson learned to play the violin. He would play for tips on the streets of Copperhill when he ...
Fiddlin’ John Carson - Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame
Fiddlin’ John Carson Carson was born near Fannin County, Georgia, in 1868 and grew up on a farm there. In his teens, Carson learned to play the fiddle, using an old Stradivari-copy violin brought from Ireland in the early 19th century.
He could talk as much as he could fiddle - Appalachian History
Jun 17, 2021 · Fiddlin' John Carson made his name recording "Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" in 1923. How did he get there?
John William “Fiddlin’ John” Carson · Hillbilly Music: Source
Inspiration for Stephen Vincent Benet (in his “The Mountain Whippoorwill, or How Hill-Billy Jim Won the Great Fiddler’s Prize”), and acclaimed for making what were, in effect, the first commercially successful country music recordings, Fiddlin’ John Carson was 55 years old before playing the legendary 1923 sessions that would establish ...
Bluegrass Messengers - Fiddlin' John Carson- 1923
Early Country Music’s fiddling champ and recording star, Fiddlin' John Carson (1868-1949) waxed his first record in 1923 and by 1924 was a sensation.
FIDDLIN' JOHN CARSON - Southern Music
The music of Fiddlin' John Carson from Fannin County, Georgia, was the first of what we know today as "country music" to be broadcast by radio and recorded for phonograph. He and his daughter, Rosa Lee, who was known as "Moonshine Kate," were the first stars despite the fact that little of the fame and none of the fortunes produced in the ...
Fiddlin' John Carson - Blogger
Fiddlin' John Carson, b. March 23, 1868 in Fannin County, GA, d. December 11, 1949 in Atlanta, GA, old-time fiddler and singer who was an early-recorded country and folk musician.
- Some results have been removed