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Bear Family Records CD Review Publisher: Dynamite Magazine February/März 2014 Article No.: BCD16083 Link: https://www.bear-family.de/various-the-johnson-city-sessions-can-you-sing-or-play-old-time-music-4-cd-box.html Artist: Various Title: The Johnson City Sessions, 1928-1929 – Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music Bear Family Records CD Review Publisher: Dynamite Magazine February/März 2014 Article No.: BCD16083 Link: https://www.bear-family.de/various-the-johnson-city-sessions-can-you-sing-or-play-old-time-music-4-cd-box.html Artist: Various Title: The Johnson City Sessions, 1928-1929 – Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music Various Artist The Johnson City Sessions, 1928-1929 – Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music Vor rund zwei Jahren nahm sich Bear Family Records den Bristol Sessions an, nun folgt ein weiteres Box-Set zur Geschichte der Country-Musik. Sicher sind die Johnson-City-Sessions im Rückblick nicht so wichtig wie die Aufnahmen im nur einige Kilometer entfernten Bristol gewesen, die heute als „big bang of country music" gelten, machten im Jahre 1927 hier doch Jimmie Rodgers und die Carter Family ihre ersten Aufnahmen. Rund ein Jahr später machte sich ein anderer Produzent auf den Weg nach Tennessee, um wie bei den Bristol- Sessions vor Ort Aufnahmen zu machen: Frank Buckley Walker von Columbia Records war auf der Suche nach Talenten in Sachen originaler, volkstümlicher Musik der Appalachen. Auf vier CDs und mit einem 136-seitigen Buch dokumentiert Bear Family Records nun die Geschichte der beiden Sessions, die im Oktober 1928 und zwölf Monate später in Johnson City abgehalten wurden; erstmals sind alle veröffentlichten hundert Songs dieser Aufnahmen zusammen zu bekommen. „Can you sing or play old-time music?", fragte damals eine Anzeige in der lokalen Zeitung und lockte so zahlreiche Musiker der Gegend an. Hillbilly, viel Geistliches und sehr viel Blue Yodels gibt es hier zu entdecken. Auf die Länge für den Durchschnitts-DYNAMITE-Leser sicher zu anstrengend; für Fans der Old- Time-Music aber unerlässlich — mit den abgedruckten Texten aber zum Mitmachen geeignet und somit an mancher Stelle sogar erbaulich ... .

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