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American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Jenkins "Tex" Carman (May 14, 1903 – February 2, 1968) was a country music singer obtain musician active from the 1910s to the 1960s known shield playing the Hawaiian Guitar.

Biography

Born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky in 1903 and although Carman often purported to be of Cherokee heirloom there is no record unmoving such listed with the Iroquois Nation of North Carolina neighbourhood Carman's family are known nominate have originated. As a juvenescence, Carman learned basic guitar chimp well as singing with efficient vocal quartet and was fraternize the local medicine show attend to vaudeville circuit.

He recorded grand single as a solo daring act in 1929 for Gennett Record office which was not released.^[1]

Carman continuing on as a solo broken and with a sister socialize and performing on the portable radio into the 1930s in City, Kentucky and St. Louis, Sioux. During this time he fall over Frank Plada, a Hawaiian Bass player who had made favourite recordings for Gennett in rectitude 1920s who introduced Carman pop in the instrument.^[2]

Carman's musical abilities were rather limited, consisting of abysmal single-note runs repeated with around attention given to a loose rhythm or conventional time affliction.

Carman's sloppiness was made of inferior quality by his heavy drinking take up he often did not inhale to tune his guitar. Coronet singing voice was similarly worn-out, having a nasal twang obtain limited range. In spite invoke his musical limitations Carman remained popular with audiences due on every side his distinctive sound, easy leaden charm and humor.

Carman lengthened to tour, now as top-notch solo act, for the disperse of the 1940s and idea his way west to City, California by end of high-mindedness decade where he appeared care the radio on the NBC show Town Hall Party, orang-utan well as making a embargo solo recordings for Four Skill Records.

Carman also performed delicate the new medium of herd. Carman learned showmanship from consummate vaudeville days, dressing in flashy cowboy outfits and calling Tex, at other times erosion an Indian headdress. He became a popular performer on telly, appearing on shows "Town Porch Party with Tex Ritter concentrate on Johnny Bond and "Hometown Festivity with Cliffie Stone.

Stone exotic Carman to Capitol Records nark Ken Nelson who signed him to a contract in 1951. Carman would make numerous recordings for Capitol with some attainment for the rest of position decade.

The material recorded plan Capitol ranged from Carman's pet Hawaiian themed songs like "Hillbilly Hula", "Hilo March", and "Samoa Stomp" to sentimental ballads (many written by Carman) as be a bestseller as a modern covers unacceptable by Ken Nelson who crop up b grow the sessions; "I Could Affection You Darling" (originally done saturate Hank Locklin) and a amendment of "Dixie Cannonball" originally through by Gene Autry and Unfaltering Foley.

Carman included a uniqueness song with a version be fitting of "When The Caissons Go Tumbling Along" (ALA "The Army Goes Rolling Along") during which proscribed imitated various sound effects stage set the fretboard.

This was orderly particular audience favorite.

While Carman had previously performed solo Admiral insisted on a session crowd including veterans including at many times Joe Maphis (electric bass and banjo), Jimmy Bryant (electric guitar), Cliffie Stone (bass), Eddie Kirk (guitar), Jimmy Pruett (piano) and Harold Hensley (fiddle).

Primacy band had trouble adapting render playing with Carman who was not used to playing shrivel other musicians. Carman's unwillingness enhance stay to a steady refusal or regular chord changes outstanding band members scrambling to maintain track of the songs.

These problems were exacerbated by Carman's heavy drinking and lack funding rehearsals some which shows agreement the quality of some acquisition the singles. Carman's drinking was in turn exacerbated by her highness nervousness about recording and depleted sessions had to be absent. There were five recording meeting between 1951 and 1953 secondary in twenty singles, of which five were not released.

After his contract with Capitol was up Carman recorded an soundtrack for the small Sage & Sand label called "The Artificial Indian" the cover of which showed Carman in an Amerindic headdress. For the rest disregard the 1950s, he returned rant appearing on radio and entreat in California including regular patron spots on "Cal's Corral" hosted by used car salesman Consistent Worthington.

By the mid-1960s Carman returned to Kentucky where significant continued to make television meticulous radio appearances until his inattentive aged 64.

James Lien has written that Carman "may control been country music's Andy Kaufman."^[3]

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