audio Ernest_Thompson_Wreck_Of_97 sound 2004-04-11 17:13:01 Ernest Thompson Here's the flip side of Columbia 130-D, The Wreck of the Old Southern 97, sung and played by Ernest Thompson. Recorded in 1924. From the original 78rpm disk. 1924-00-00 00:00:00 78rpm joschmid@muhlenberg.edu 2004-04-11 17:13:01 joschmid 0 3:05 2004-04-13 05:13:00 joschmid I don't know much about Ernest Thompson except that he was one of the earliest country artists to record. He was blind and worked as a street singer in North Carolina and surrounding areas. Apparently his recordings were not very successful, since he only recorded two sessions, both in 1924 for Columbia, and never recorded afterwards. Supposedly he recorded thirty-odd sides, but I don't know how many of these were released. Columbia 130-D digitized by old78collector 1 Music;Country;Folk;78rpm;Oldtime 4384 audio_music