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OHCD1005 - 2xCDs
670725100523
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NUMBER 1, WE REPEAT, THE NUMBER 1 COMPILATION OF THE YEAR COURTESY THE OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY: IN STOCK NOW!! "MUSIC OF THE MEDICINE SHOWS, 1926-1937", 2 COMPACT DISCS WITH 72-PAGE COLOR BOOKLET (PACKAGED IN 6-PANEL DIGIPAK) BEFORE MOTION PICTURES... BEFORE RADIO... BEFORE TELEVISION... THE TRAVELING MEDICINE SHOWS BROUGHT ENTERTAINMENT TO AMERICA! HERE ARE 48 CLASSIC PERFORMANCES BY SUCH COLORFUL NAMES AS PINK ANDERSON, DADDY STOVEPIPE, SHORTY GODWIN, GID TANNER, BANJO JOE, THE THREE TOBACCO TAGS, AND MANY MORE- WELL OVER TWO HOURS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC. THE BOOKLET DETAILS THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF THE MEDICINE SHOWS WITH A PROFUSION OF RARE PHOTOGRAPHS, ARTIFACTS, ILLUSTRATIONS, FULL DISCOGRAPHY, AND SONG DESCRIPTIONS.
FLAMBOYANT PITCH DOCTORS ROAMED THE LAND, HAWKING THEIR TONICS, ELIXIRS, AND MIRACLE CURES, AND WITH THEM CAME A HOST OF SINGERS, DANCERS, COMEDIANS, BANJO PICKERS, BLUES SHOUTERS, JUG BLOWERS, STRING TICKLERS, AND MINSTREL MEN. THE SHOWS DIED OUT BY MID-20TH CENTURY, BUT NOT BEFORE A HANDFUL OF SEASONED VETERANS LEFT THEIR MUSICAL LEGACY ON PHONOGRAPH RECORDS. "OLD HAT JOINS THE RANKS OF THE BRAVE, INDEPENDENT LABELS THAT ARE HELPING BOTH TO KEEP SOME OF AMERICA?S MOST VITAL REGIONAL MUSIC ALIVE AND TO CELEBRATE THE PEOPLE WHO FIRST RECORDED IT.? -MARK GREENBERG, SING OUT! FOR FANS OF THE REVENANT LABEL AND DUST TO DIGITAL. A DELUXE PACKAGE.