Book Launch in Seattle, OCT 8!

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Enter: Ralph Peer

Ralph Peer would prove to be the man who brought the Carter Family to listening public.  But right now, he's just an ambitious young field recording producer...

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The Bristol Sessions chapter -- a new page

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On the road to Bristol...

Here's the next page from "The Storms Are on the Ocean"...

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"The Storms Are on the Ocean" continued...

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"The Storms Are on the Ocean" title page

Here is the next page in the chapter that will send the Carters to the Bristol Sessions...

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Beginning today: "The Storms Are on the Ocean" a full chapter online

Starting today, Frank and I will be posting one page a day from the longest chapter in the book, "The Storms Are on the Ocean," in which the Carter Family travels to Bristol (on the VA/TN border) to record their music for the first time. This is our way of counting down to early October and the release of the book. 

This chapter is dedicated to Dylan Williams, who died one year ago. I began drawing the chapter the day after returning from his funeral. My main thought was: 'Dylan would want me to keep on drawing.'

In this opening page, we see (my drawing of) the actual newspaper ad that was used to alert musicians in the Bristol area of the recording sessions that were being done by Victor.  These sessions would later be called "The Big Bang of Country Music." Click here for a much larger version of the page.