Log cabin boys
| Log cabin boys | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Old-time music , country music |
| Founding members | |
| Frankie More | |
Singing, steel guitar, mandolin
|
Freddie Owen |
| Log Cabin Girls at WWVA | |
Singing, banjo, double bass
|
Alma "Little Shoe" Crosby (* 1910) |
| Rhoda Ann "Rhody" Jones (* 1921) | |
| Thelma "Penny" Woolford (* 1918) | |
Washboard , comedian |
Clarabelle "Sis Simpson" Simms (* 1913) |
Vocals, guitar
|
Mary Jane "Millie" Murdock (* 1921) |
Guitar, double bass |
Elizabeth Margeret "Lindy" Lindsay (* 1920) |
banjo |
Cynthia "Cousin Emmy" Carver |
The Log Cabin Boys were an American old-time duo and later a string band . They later appeared as the Log Cabin Gang or Log Cabin Girls .
history
Frankie More was born on June 22, 1906 on the Uncle Sam Plantation in Louisiana . He learned to play guitar and banjo from a field worker and later sang in the church choir. He toured the United States with various shows and started his career as a musician. In 1924 he joined WLS in Chicago and appeared in the 1920s with singer and musician Freddie Owen as Log Cabin Boys in the National Barn Dance on WLS. Their repertoire consisted mostly of traditional ballads and songs like Big Rock Candy Mountain .
On October 13, 1933, More and Owen held their first session in Chicago for the American Record Corporation . The recorded pieces were released on a variety of labels such as Banner Records , Conqueror Records or Oriole Records . From September 1934, the Log Cabin Boys recorded for the newly founded record label Decca Records , making recordings like New Crawdad Song , Answer to Twenty-One Years or a cover of That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine (originally by Gene Autry and Jimmie Long) originated. Her last recording session took place on May 7, 1935.
More and Owen continued to perform for a while (including on WHAS), but then separated. More came to Wheeling , West Virginia in 1936 , where he used the duo's name for his own bands. On Saturday evenings he performed regularly in the WWVA Jamboree with the Log Cabin Gang , the Log Cabin Boys or the Log Cabin Girls . The latter consisted of Little Shoe and Cousin Emmy and sang pieces like Don't Forget Me Little Darlin or their version of Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley . Even Pee Wee King , Dale Cole and Dolph Hewitt have long been a member of the Log Cabin Boys. The band's popularity helped More to get engagements across Kentucky and Indiana . They also got a place in the Crazy Water Barn Dance on WHAS.
Frankie More's bands later broke up, however. Cousin Emmy went to Atlanta , Little Shoe traveled around and settled in Little Rock , Arkansas , in 1946 , and Pee Wee King became a successful western swing musician of the 1940s and 1950s ( Tennessee Waltz ). In 1941 More moved to Nashville , where he worked as a manager until his death. He returned to WWVA for a short time in 1948.
Discography
| year | title | # | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published titles | |||
| Banner Records | |||
| Ole Bill Jackson Brown / I'm Livin 'on the Mountain | 32903 | ||
| Tell Me You'll Aways Remember / Please Papa Come Home | 33020 | ||
| Conqueror Records | |||
| Please Papa Come Home / Tell Me You'll Always Remember | 8227 | A-side is an alternative version | |
| Decca Records | |||
| I'm Tying the Leaves So They Won't Come Down / Answer to Twenty-One Years | 5035 | Label scans:  
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| I Will Sing of My Redeemer / Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight | 5036 | ||
| New Brown's Ferry Blues / New Crawdad Song | 5103 | ||
| That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine / When It's Prayer Meetin 'Time in the Hollow | 5110 | ||
literature
- Ivan M. Tribe: Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia. University Press of Kentucky, 1996, ISBN 0-8131-0878-0 , pp. 49-50.
- Wade H. Hall: Hell-Bent for Music: The Life of Pee Wee King. University Press of Kentucky, 1996, ISBN 0-8131-1959-6 , pp. 37-45.
Web links
- Frankie More on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)
- Frankie More's Log Cabin Girls on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)