Once upon a time country music was known as "hillbilly music" and one of the earliest to record this new 'genre" was Eck Robertson (1887-1975), a Georgia-born and Texas-raised fiddler. "Sally Gooden" (with its B-side release "Arkansas Traveler") is considered the first "country record." Robertson travelled to New York with ex-Indian fighter Henry Gilliland to play for RCA Victor; in order to get rid of the two, the record company recorded them (with Gilliland joining in on "Arkansas Traveler") and were surprised when the record was a hit.
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