In My Tippy Canoe - Green Brothers Novelty Band (1921)
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Green Brothers Novelty Band plays "Last Night On The Back Porch (I Loved Her Best Of All)" on Edison Diamond Disc 51212.
The song is by Lew Brown & Carl Schraubstader.
The Green Brothers were not the first to make xylophone recordings (that was probably A.T. Van Winkle, who made North American cylinders with Edward Issler in 1889), but brothers Joe Green (1892-1939) and George Hamilton Green (1893-1970) were important recording artists when popular music underwent a transformation around 1917-1921.
The two xylophone artists--sometimes performing together, other times working individually--recorded for nearly every company.
They also played marimba, vibraphone, harpaphone, bells, and chimes. A younger brother, Lew Green (1909-1992), was also a professional musician, playing guitar and banjo.
All were born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.
Their musical talents were encouraged by their father, George Green, a prominent bandmaster.
Joe traveled as a member of Sousa's Band from 1915 to 1919. In 1914 George entered vaudeville. The November 21, 1914, edition of The New York Clipper notes the appearance of Green and Hodek (a pianist) at Chicago's Great Northern Hippodrome Theatre. Within a year he earned such titles as "World's Fastest Xylophonist" and "Speed King of Xylophonists."
By late 1916 he was a member of Earl Fuller's Rector's Novelty Orchestra (Fuller around this time served as his manager) as well as a vaudeville and concert artist. In late 1916 he also began recording. His first Edison recording, Blue Amberol 3115, was issued in March 1917: Franz von Suppé's "Light Cavalry Overture."
His xylophone playing is accompanied by orchestra. This was followed in May by the release of Kreisler's "Caprice Viennois" on Blue Amberol 3155, and then in June Edison issued the Suppé overture "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" (Blue Amberol 3182).
His first Diamond Disc (80349), issued in July 1917, featured "Light Cavalry Overture" backed by the march from Wagner's Tannhauser.
He recorded only classical and semi-classical pieces in his first year; thereafter, he also played jazz compositions for Edison and other companies.
George Hamilton Green composed many songs that he recorded as a solo artist and with others, including "Fluffy Ruffles," "Greased Lightning," "Vanity Fair," "Watermelon Whispers," "Social Life," and "Log Cabin Blues." Joe Green composed "I'm Always Smiling."
In 1918 he recorded for other companies, including Emerson and the newly established New York Recording Laboratories, Inc, which produced Paramount records. "
Venetian Love Song" backed by Dvorak's "Humoresque" was issued as Paramount 30022 on May 20, 1918.
Green joined pianist Victor Arden and saxophonist F. Wheeler Wadsworth to form the All Star Trio, which began recording in 1918.
The song is by Lew Brown & Carl Schraubstader.
The Green Brothers were not the first to make xylophone recordings (that was probably A.T. Van Winkle, who made North American cylinders with Edward Issler in 1889), but brothers Joe Green (1892-1939) and George Hamilton Green (1893-1970) were important recording artists when popular music underwent a transformation around 1917-1921.
The two xylophone artists--sometimes performing together, other times working individually--recorded for nearly every company.
They also played marimba, vibraphone, harpaphone, bells, and chimes. A younger brother, Lew Green (1909-1992), was also a professional musician, playing guitar and banjo.
All were born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.
Their musical talents were encouraged by their father, George Green, a prominent bandmaster.
Joe traveled as a member of Sousa's Band from 1915 to 1919. In 1914 George entered vaudeville. The November 21, 1914, edition of The New York Clipper notes the appearance of Green and Hodek (a pianist) at Chicago's Great Northern Hippodrome Theatre. Within a year he earned such titles as "World's Fastest Xylophonist" and "Speed King of Xylophonists."
By late 1916 he was a member of Earl Fuller's Rector's Novelty Orchestra (Fuller around this time served as his manager) as well as a vaudeville and concert artist. In late 1916 he also began recording. His first Edison recording, Blue Amberol 3115, was issued in March 1917: Franz von Suppé's "Light Cavalry Overture."
His xylophone playing is accompanied by orchestra. This was followed in May by the release of Kreisler's "Caprice Viennois" on Blue Amberol 3155, and then in June Edison issued the Suppé overture "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" (Blue Amberol 3182).
His first Diamond Disc (80349), issued in July 1917, featured "Light Cavalry Overture" backed by the march from Wagner's Tannhauser.
He recorded only classical and semi-classical pieces in his first year; thereafter, he also played jazz compositions for Edison and other companies.
George Hamilton Green composed many songs that he recorded as a solo artist and with others, including "Fluffy Ruffles," "Greased Lightning," "Vanity Fair," "Watermelon Whispers," "Social Life," and "Log Cabin Blues." Joe Green composed "I'm Always Smiling."
In 1918 he recorded for other companies, including Emerson and the newly established New York Recording Laboratories, Inc, which produced Paramount records. "
Venetian Love Song" backed by Dvorak's "Humoresque" was issued as Paramount 30022 on May 20, 1918.
Green joined pianist Victor Arden and saxophonist F. Wheeler Wadsworth to form the All Star Trio, which began recording in 1918.