Gene Autry singing Atlanta Bound
Before he was a singing cowboy, Gene Autry was a Jimmie Rodgers imitator, and a good one. His earliest recordings include several titles from the Rodgers canon, as well as new songs in Rodgers’ style, delivered in a vocal style remarkably similar to the Singing Brakeman’s.
Autry was a national radio star before he transitioned to films, performing on the WLS National Barn Dance in Chicago from 1930-1935.
This track was recorded in New York in October, 1931, and issued on a slew of cut-price labels: Banner, Oriole, Conqueror (one of the Sears house labels), Melotone, Perfect, Romeo, and Panachord. The tenor banjo accompaniment is by Roy Smeck, one of the most versatile instrumentalists of his era.
Courtesy of Archive.org
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how do i get to hear it ?? i can’t figure it out. help!!
Comment by ED HAYES — 7/16/2008 @ 12:14 am
Hi Ed–
Our blog uses an embedded, flash-based MP3 player for our audio files. Perhaps you are using a browser that has flash disabled, or has the flashblock plugin installed?
The link to Archive.org has multiple download links for the track. In addition, I just added ‘download mp3′ link at the bottom of the post.
Comment by Kenneth Rainey — 7/16/2008 @ 7:47 am