Mike Whitten
Mike Whitten , also known as Miles Whitten , was an old-time American musician . Whitten played guitar for various Skillet Lickers members during the 1920s.
Life
Little is known about Mike Whitten's way of life. Only the 1920s are documented as his period of activity in and around Atlanta , Georgia . Whitten had two brothers, Charles ("Charlie") and WL Whitten, who were also musicians. When Mike Whitten was born is as unknown as his place of birth.
From 1922 Whitten played in two different string bands , one in the Hapeville String Band and the other in Clayton McMichen's Home Town Boys . With both groups he made regular appearances in the program of the station WSB in Atlanta and acted as a guitarist. During this time, Whitten was often referred to as "Miles Whitten" in the Atlanta Journal , a newspaper that also announced the WSB program. Why this happened is not clear. Between 1922 and 1925, Whitten also toured with McMichen's band; Narrated is a Fiddlers' Contest in Macon, Georgia, in which Whitten took second place in the guitar competition.
Between 1926 and 1930 Whitten was mainly active as a musician in the orbit of the famous string band Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers . It cannot be ruled out - it is even likely - that Whitten also took part in the band's "road shows" during this time. Recordings were not made with the Skillet Lickers, however; rather, he worked with the fiddler Lowe Stokes , also a member of the Skillet Lickers. Whitten can be heard , for example, on the April 1930 Left All Alone Again Blues for Columbia Records .
Whittens trail is lost after 1930.
literature
- Tony Russell: Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost. Oxford University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-532509-6 .
- Wayne W. Daniel: Pickin 'on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia. University of Illinois Press, 1990, ISBN 0-252-01687-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Whitten, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Whitten, Miles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American old-time musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |