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nanwynnfan · February 29th, 2008, 08:49 PM

I was just going to lurk and read [my stuff is so dated], but what the heck.

The last CD I've listened to ended a very long search over almost 30 years to recapture, somehow, a recording from 1947, "Guitar Boogie," by Arthur Smith & the Crackerjacks.

I had the original 78 rpm; but it cracked. I tracked down a vinyl 45 rpm some years later - and god only knows what became of that @ the mid '70s.

Looking around for it, I came upon a site where some guitarist knocks himself out doing a pretty fair rendition [lots of hits on that site, so I guess the guy is known]. It just wasn't that satisfying though, because it was more one guy's exhibition of endurance and dexterity than a musical performance.

Finally found it and have it on CD. Think I'll play it now. [Great lindy-jitterbug dance piece].

Arthur Smith, @ 30 years later, composed and played "Dueling Banjos' for the movie "Deliverance."

February 29th, 2008, 08:49 PM	#13 (permalink)
nanwynnfan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,579	I was just going to lurk and read [my stuff is so dated], but what the heck. The last CD I've listened to ended a very long search over almost 30 years to recapture, somehow, a recording from 1947, "Guitar Boogie," by Arthur Smith & the Crackerjacks. I had the original 78 rpm; but it cracked. I tracked down a vinyl 45 rpm some years later - and god only knows what became of that @ the mid '70s. Looking around for it, I came upon a site where some guitarist knocks himself out doing a pretty fair rendition [lots of hits on that site, so I guess the guy is known]. It just wasn't that satisfying though, because it was more one guy's exhibition of endurance and dexterity than a musical performance. Finally found it and have it on CD. Think I'll play it now. [Great lindy-jitterbug dance piece]. Arthur Smith, @ 30 years later, composed and played "Dueling Banjos' for the movie "Deliverance."