[Dixielandjazz] Henry Ford

[Ron L'Herault]

Both Ford and Edison liked old time music.  Ford's efforts helped preserve
music that would have otherwise been lost when he sought out old artists to
perform and record on Edison, his own record label and then for Victor.
They promoted dances where instruction was given, preserving the dances
themselves too.

Ron L

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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Henry Ford

Reading a newspaper from Jan 1926 I found this little gem.

WAR ON JAZZ

Campaign to revive old waltzes..
Henry Ford, maker of motorcars has declared war on jazz by instituting a
mass production revival of the old dances which were fiddled in farmhouse,
kitchen and barn.
He intends to collect them from old time fiddlers who remember the mellow
airs.
It is claimed by Mr Ford that the old dances are what a jaded generation has
been looking for.
The old music,the neighbourly  mingling of people in square dances, the
rollicking reels and joyous gigs as well as the vocal harmony of the calls
are all found `he says` to impart a pleasure which the more sophisticated of
the manufactured dances cannot give.

Isn't it strange how someone who is so brilliant in one field can be such a
twit in another _______________________________________________
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