Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
| Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Old-time music |
| Founding members | |
| Da Costa Woltz (1892-?) | |
| Ben Jarrell (1880-1946) | |
banjo |
Frank Jenkins (1888-ca.1945) |
| Price Goodson (1915-1948) | |
Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters was an American string band .
history
The Southern Broadcasters were founded by the musician, politician and entrepreneur Da Costa Woltz. Woltz lived in Galax , Virginia , and played the banjo, marketed medicines, and later served as Galax mayor. Fiddler Ben Jarrell was from Round Peak , North Carolina while banjo player Frank Jenkins was from Dobson. The youngest member was Price Goodson, who sang, played the ukele and harmonica and was only 13 years old at the time of recording.
Woltz and the Southern Broadcasters traveled to Richmond , Indiana in early May 1927 , where they made their first recordings in the Gennett Studio for Gennett Records . During the two-day session, a whole range of pieces from a wide range of repertoire were recorded - including the later western swing classic Yellow Rose of Texas , the dance piece Richmond Cotillion , religious songs or Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South , the by Tom Russell, for example, is considered her best work. The sales of their records were mixed - songs like Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb sold well, while instrumentals like Baptist Shout or Roving Cowboy only achieved low sales figures. Price Goodson took over the vocals for the two blues titles Lonesome Road Blues and Lost Train Blues as well as for Be Kind to a Man When He's Down and also showed his talent as a musician.
The May session for Gennett remained the only recordings made by Southern Broadcasters. Jenkins and Jarrell died in the late 1940s, as did Price Goodson, who was only 33 years old. Ben Jarrell's son Tommy and Frank Jenkins' son Oscar also had careers as musicians in the 1960s and played in the same band at times.
Discography
Discography is not exhaustive. Tracks have also been released on Herwin Records and under the pseudonym "Jackson Young" on Challenge Records .
| year | title | # | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gennett Records | |||
| Merry Girl / Yellow Rose of Texas | 6143 | ||
literature
- Tony Russell: Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost (2007), pp. 23-25; Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195325095