A MEGA RARE COUNTRY 78 FROM THE WOODIE BROTHERS ON THE ZONOPHONE RECORD LABEL PRESSED FROM THE ORIGINAL US VICTOR STAMPERS
CHASED OLD SATAN THROUGH THE DOOR
b/w LIKES LIKKER BETTER THAN ME
William Lawton Woodie & Ephraim Woodie, recorded in Charlotte,
North Carolina, May 1931
Master pressings originally issued on Victor 23579
The Woodie brothers who recorded Chased Old Satan in 1931 were from one of the “lost provinces” of North Carolina – Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties – a reference to this region’s historic isolation from the rest of North Carolina caused by the steep slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The brothers were Ephraim, Dale, and Lawton Woodie. Ephraim was born in 1906, achieved the rank of colonel, overcoming nearly-blinding cataracts as a child, and died in 1978. He is credited as Chased Old Satan’s author, though other performers would make this claim in order to own the song’s copyright. The song is said to have borrowed lyrics from other songs.
Lawton played harmonica and Ephraim played a Gibson L-4 guitar – a present from his brother for his high school graduation the year before. They recorded for Ralph Peer, the clever, ambitious A&R (artist and repertoire) man from Okeh records, on May 29th, 1931, but only sold less than 900 records and these are now very hard to find indeed.
DISC DETAILS
ZONOPHONE 4348 10 " 78rpm shellac
CONDITION - E+
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