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Venerable Music

Music & Film of the 78rpm Era

About Me

Venerable Music is a small internet based retail outlet specializing in all types of music from the 78rpm era (and before).
I remember the first time I heard J.P. Nestors recording of Train On the Island. I was working for a rather large music distribution company in Atlanta, Georgia & on a whim I opened up a County Records CD called Rural String Band of Virginia. I had heard music like this before, but never really paid much attention to it. Well, this CD was probably the closest thing to a Eureka moment Ill ever experience. From the very first archaic banjo notes of the tune, my musical taste had forever changed.
Soon after, I developed an actual hunger for this music & began to listen, read and buy everything I could get my hands on. My taste grew to include all styles of vintage recordings including Delta Blues, Hot Jazz, Klezmer, Cajun, Gospel, Yodeling Cowboy County, Western Swing & even some Big Band and Popular music.
Working in distribution, I had access to catalogs from many of the other major & independent distributors around the country & in 1997 I began to compile a catalog of all the available music CDs that were recorded previous to 1950. With the popularization of television and rock & roll, the Big Band era ended in the mid-50s (though some would argue that it ended much earlier). This was also the beginning of the folk revival with which many earlier artists were rediscovered & revived their recording careers. Because of this, we also selectively list and carry many titles recorded post 1950. A year later, the catalog was really taking shape & I officially began the first Venerable Music website.
In 2002, we started the new Venerable Music website including more information on artists, song titles, music clips & all in a searchable database format. I also began the task of cataloging available early film releases, documentaries & books. I am a long way from completing these formats, but all in all, the site is a great resource for vintage music & film enthusiast.
Im also the banjo player for the Athens/Atlanta band Brodie Stove & Id love to meet any other musicians or collectors in the area. Drop me a line.
Malcolm Vidrine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/17/2005
Band Website: venerablemusic.com
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Influences: Pre-War Blues, Gospel, Boogie Woogie, Hot Jazz, Celtic, Klezmer, Cajun, Big Band, Swing, Silent Film, Hokum, Calypso, Old-Time, Clawhammer Banjo, Folk, Delta Blues, Western Swing, That High Lonesome Sound, Protest Songs, Hollerin', Sacred Harp, Fado, Scottish Pipes, Congragtional Preaching, Unaccompanied Ballad Singing, Fiddle Tunes, Flatpicking, Prison Songs, Close Harmony and more when it comes to me
Sounds Like: Roy Acuff, Henry Red Allen, Allison's Sacred Harp Singers, Albert Ammons, Louis Armstrong, Kokomo Arnold, Emry Arthur, Clarence Ashley, Gene Autry, Bailes Brothers, Mildred Bailey, Josephine Baker, Barbecue Bob, Count Basie, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Blind Blake, Lucille Bogan, Dock Boggs, Boswell Sisters, Al Bowlly, Naftule Brandwein, Big Bill Broonzy, Bumble Bee Slim, California Ramblers, Cab Calloway, Francisco Canaro, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Eddie Cantor, Jenks Tex Carman, Hoagy Carmichael, Fiddlin' John Carson, Carter Family, June Christy, Spade Cooley, Vernon Dalhart, Cow Cow Davenport, Rev. Gary Davis, Delmore Brothers, Marlene Dietrich, Johnny Dodds, Dorsey Brothers, Cliff Edwards - Ukelele Ike, Duke Ellington, Sleepy John Estes, Ruth Etting, Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders, Fisk University Jubilee Singers, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Rev. J.M. Gates, Georgia Washboard Stompers, Georgia Yellow Hammers, George Gershwin, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Jazz Gillum, Golden Gate Quartet, Jean Goldkette, Benny Goodman, Stephane Grappelli, Tiny Grimes, Woody Guthrie, Hackberry Ramblers, Annette Hanshaw, Harlem Hamfats, Lucille Hegamin, Fletcher Henderson, Hokum Boys, Roscoe Holcomb, Billie Holiday, Sol Hoopii, Hoosier Hot Shots, Peg Leg Howell, Pawlo Humeniuk, Mississippi John Hurt, Jack Hylton, Ink Spots, Mahalia Jackson, Papa Charlie Jackson, Harry James, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Al Jolson, Isham Jones, Spike Jones, Louis Jordan, Helen Kane, Buell Kazee, Bradley Kincaid, Gene Krupa, Eddie Lang, Gertrude Lawrence, Leadbelly, Furry Lewis, Light Crust Doughboys, A.L. Lloyd, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Guy Lombardo, Louvin Brothers, Jeanette MacDonald, Uncle Dave Macon, Wade Mainer, Sara Martin, Harry McClintock, Sam McGee, Red McKenzie, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Jug Band, Memphis Minnie, Emmett Miller, Glenn Miller, Mills Brothers, Mississippi Sheiks, Thelonious Monk, Bill Monroe, Jelly Roll Morton, Bennie Moten, Muddy Waters, King Bennie Nawahi, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Rev. A.W. Nix, Ray Noble, Molly O'Day, King Oliver, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Tiny Parham, Charlie Parker, Charley Patton, Washington Phillips, Edith Piaf, Webb Pierce, Ben Pollack, Charlie Poole, Louis Prima, Riley Puckett, Ma Rainey, Django Reinhardt, Alvino Rey, Buddy Rich, Tex Ritter, Eck Robertson, Paul Robeson, Banjo Ikey Robinson, Jimmie Rodgers, Roy Rogers, Jan Savitt, Primo Scala, Abe Schwartz, Raymond Scott, Pete Seeger, Artie Shaw, Nat Shilkret, Skillet Lickers, Bessie Smith, Jabbo Smith, Stuff Smith, Whispering Jack Smith, Hank Snow, Leo Soileau, Son House, Sons Of The Pioneers, Victoria Spivey, Carl T. Sprague, Jo Stafford, Stanley Brothers, Frank Stokes, Ernest Stoneman, Swan Silvertones, Tampa Red, Dave Tarras, Art Tatum, Jack Teagarden, Shirley Temple, Sonny Terry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Merle Travis, Charles Trenet, Frankie Trumbauer, Ernest Tubb, Big Joe Turner, Rudy Vallee, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Venuti, Fats Waller, Washboard Sam, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Chick Webb, Peetie Wheatstraw, Bukka White, Paul Whiteman, Bert Williams, Big Joe Williams, Clarence Williams, Hank Williams, Robert Pete Williams, Tex Williams, Bob Wills, Jimmy Yancey, Frank Yankovic, Lester Young and many more!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Our New Release Blogs Are Not Working!

Just for the record - I suppose there has been some change in the blog size limit for myspace? In any case, I have not been able to post the new releases to the myspace page for a couple of months now...
Posted by Venerable Music on Fri, 02 May 2008 08:49:00 PST

Featured New Releases - February 2008

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ***Note - Venerable Music will be closed from Sunday, March 2nd to Sund...
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Featured New Releases - January 2008

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ..> Rev. Gary Davis: Manchester Free Trade Hall - Live 1964 Rev....
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Featured New Releases - December 2007

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ..> J.B. Lenoir: 1955-1956 This second volume of J B Lenoir's co...
Posted by Venerable Music on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:28:00 PST

Featured New Releases - November 2007

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ..> Various Artists: Art Of Field Recording V.1 - 50 Years Of Tr...
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Featured New Releases - October 2007

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ..> ..> John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson: Original Sonny Boy William...
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Featured New Releases - September 2007

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ..> ..> Various Artists (Sleepy John Estes): Legendary Country B...
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Featured New Releases - August 2007

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ..> Various Artists: 2008 Calendar - Classic Blues Artwork From ...
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Featured New Releases - July 2007

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page.   ***Please Note - Venerable Music will be closed from Monday, Au...
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Featured New Releases - May 2007

Venerable Music Featured New Releases For a full listing of New Releases, please visit the Venerable Music new releases page. ..> Lightnin Hopkins: Texas Thunderbolt (4-CD Set) 110 track sur...
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