Ron,

I also found "Will You Miss Me..." fascinating. Those Carters sure got around for a long time. Some of the stories about their dealings with Ralph Peer and Jimmie Rodgers and "Doctor" Brinkley (the quack who "cured" erectile disfunction by cutting a chunk out of your testicle and replacing it with a hunk of dried goat's testicle), and Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. They wouldn't turn their backs on John R. during the worst of his drug addiction because of guilt over Hank Williams early demise, apparently.

And yes, the picture it shows of the recording industry in the 30s and 30s is a real eye-opener. Ralph Peer apparently looked down on the hillbilly and "coloured" music that made him a rich man.