In Texas, they were dazed by the enormous plains, rolling away in every direction as far as the eye could see. вЂњWhen prohibition struck Tennessee, and the apple business became an unprofitable one, two Warren county farmers, disgusted with poor land and poorer prices, set out for Texas in a wagon drawn by mules. ДЇinally, Dave and an unknown fiddle player get hot on the old-time number вЂњTravelinвЂ™ Down the RoadвЂќ, a melody thatвЂ™s вЂњjust as loose, as loose as a goose!вЂќ This tune is the only one out of these four songs thatвЂ™s not included in Songs and Stories of Uncle Dave Macon, so IвЂ™ll have to offer you all one of his stories insteadвЂ¦ Two in One Chewing Gum, recorded Augby Uncle Dave Macon.

Straight out of Songs and Stories, on the вЂњAвЂќ side Macon recounts the Parable of the Prodigal Son in a jubilant rendition of вЂњHonest Confession is Good for the SoulвЂќ. Russell had good reason to nix the possibility.ДЄlongside a large volume of the secular, minstrel type material that heвЂ™s probably best remembered for, Macon also recorded numerous sacred songs in his almost fifteen year career as a recording artist. I would assume the guitarist to be Uncle DaveвЂ™s son Dorris Macon, but since this was not suggested in Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942, I assume Mr. Macon is accompanied by his own banjo, an unknown guitar and second vocal (the two likely belonging to the same individual) on M-7348, and an unknown fiddler on M-7350-B. Montgomery Ward M-7348 and M-7350 were recorded on Augin Charlotte, North Carolina, Uncle DaveвЂ™s second session for RCA Victor. Concurrently, Macon had turned over a new page in his prolific recording career, becoming an exclusive RCA Victor artist in 1935, with most of his recordings appearing on their Bluebird label and client label for Montgomery Ward. Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth.'вЂќ Also included in the folio were twenty-four of MaconвЂ™s popular songs, and several pictures of him, some with his son Dorris. Selling the books for twenty-five cents each, within its pages Macon reminisced about his early days, writing, вЂњat my advanced age I realize more keenly the great mental powers of youth, and could I command an audience of the youth of our land today, I would say to them: вЂLearn the beautiful things of life in your early years-from Holy Writ we learn. In 1938, Macon, a favorite performer in the Southern states who had appeared on WSMвЂ™s Grand Ole Opry since its start in 1925, published a book of his songs and stories, fittingly titled Songs and Stories of Uncle Dave Macon.

This time around, let us turn our attention to thirteen years later, at the height of the Great Depression, and the height of his fame. The last time we heard from the famed вЂњDixie DewdropвЂќ, Uncle Dave Macon, it was with two of his earliest recordings. вЂUncle Dave Macon, the Dixie Dewdrop, King of the Hillbillies, and Star of WSMвЂ™s Grand Ole Opry!вЂ™ Photograph and original caption from Songs and Stories of Uncle Dave Macon, 1938.

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