KOHALA MARCH. American, Country Rag (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. This syncopated country ragtime pice was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, in March, 1929, by the biography:Scottdale String Band for OKeh Records. The band members consisted of Charlie Simmons on banjo-mandolin and Barney Pritchard and Marvin Head on guitars, with perhaps additional accompaniment on fiddle by either Owen McDearis or Luke Talton. The Scottdale String band was one of the first to be heard over Atlanta airwaves, with Saturday afternoon appearances on WSB as early as January, 1927. Initially they were a quartet, with Marvin Head (sometimes called 'J.M. Head') and Ed Freeman on mandolins, and Eunice and Bonnie Pritchard on guitars.
Additional notes
Recorded sources : - Arhoolie Records CD 7054, Scottdale String Band - "Old Folks Better go to Bed." OKeh Records 45379 (78 RPM), Scottdale String Band (1929).
See also listing at : Hear the Scottdale String Band's 1929 recording at Slippery Hill [1] and at youtube.com [2]
Hear/see the tune played by the Kickhoppers (2016) on youtube.com [3]
