Pioneering Recording and Publisher Ralph Peer
Written by Randy Black on May 31, 2015
On Episode 40 of Viking Twang, we celebrate the legacy of talent scout, producer, publisher and recording executive Ralph Peer, as detailed in the new book, “Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music,” by Barry Mazor. Peer discovered countless artists, including the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, made sure that musicians and composers were fairly compensated, and brought musicians from regional music scenes into the recording studios and homes around the world.
Playlist:
Track
Artist
Album
Turkey Red
W.C. Beck & the Portland Country Underground
Kansawyer
Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith Vol. 1 (1920-1921)
Carolina Shout
James P. Johnson
The Real History of Jazz from 1917 to 1936
Longing for Daddy Blues
Sara Martin
Sara Martin Vol. 2 (1923-1924)
I Wish I Was A Mole in the Ground
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Across The Tracks
Gut Bucket Blues
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
The Hot Fives Vol. 1
Do, Lord, Remember Me
Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet
Kentucky Gospel (1927-1928)
The Storms Are On The Ocean
The Carter Family
The Complete Carter Family Collection, Vol. 1
The Soldier's Sweetheart
Jimmie Rodgers
Your Birthday Present -- Jimmie Rodgers
Stealin' Stealin'
Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band, Vol. 2 (1929-1929)
Walk Right In
Cannon's Jug Stompers
Jugband Specials -- 25 Great Original Recordings
Tom Dooley
G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter
The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter (1928-1930)
I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee
Eddie's Hot Shots
The Song Hits of 1929 (Jazz Age Chronicles Vol. 12)
Everybody Does It in Hawaii
King Oliver and His Orchestra
St. James Infirmary (In Chronological Order 1929-1930)
Meningitis Blues
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Blues -- 100 Vintage Tracks
Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standing On the Corner
Jimmie Rodgers & Louis Armstrong
My Rough and Rowdy Ways
T For Texas
Jimmie Rodgers and Sara Carter
The Greatest Collection
Twang Theme
The Countrypolitans
Tired Of Drowning
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