Eck Robertson playing Sally Gooden
This 1922 session with Texas fiddler Eck Robertson may be the earliest example of American vernacular country music on record. Robertson was a champion contest fiddler, and his imaginative variations on the simple pentatonic melody of the old-timey standard ‘Sally Gooden’ are an excellent representation of his talents. Particularly interesting is his shift to the relative minor near the end of the tune.
Sally Gooden (MP3)
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Eck was my wife’s Uncle. I had the opertunity to meet with him in Amarillo before he went into the nursing home. I have most if not all of his records on tape and I think that he was about the best fiddle player of all time, and a great man to be arond. I also have many of his brother’s tapes. He played the banjo and composed many of his own songs.
Comment by Jim Rich — 11/15/2007 @ 7:24 pm