CARSON, FIDDLIN' JOHN
(1868–1949)
CARSON, FIDDLIN' JOHN (b. Fannin County, Ga., c. March 23, 1868–December 11, 1949) Prominent Georgia fiddler, vocalist, and MINSTREL-SHOW performer, Fiddlin' John Carson single-handedly created the country music industry with his 1923 recording of Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane, backed with The Old Hen Cackled. This recording is generally acknowledged to be the first country music record that was successfully marketed to a country audience, convincing big-city recording executives that there…