Whoopie ti yi yo John white

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jun 25 - 10:21 AM

One question I would like to ask is when was John White born. I've heard his first recording of the song Whoope Ti Aye Oh and got it in my playlists. I believe that he worked for John Lomax and Carl T Sprague and Carl Samberg and was the first to record it in some time in the 1920s. If anyone know's more on John White's history and backound I would like to hear from you from Joe.

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: olddude
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 01:12 PM

I will check it out and find a copy. I am still baffled as to how I missed someone that important ... gee

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: Martha Burns
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 01:10 PM

I was HOPING you would weigh in on this one, Q. Love your postings.

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 01:06 PM

I was able to get the White book with the floppy recording, but Martha is correct, it is absent from later printings. Too bad, it is excellent.
Go to Abebooks and look for copies.

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: olddude
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 12:13 PM

I learn something every day. I could I have missed someone so important. Wow thanks so much

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: Martha Burns
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 12:09 PM

John I. White is chiefly known for his writings on cowboy songs. White's book, GIT ALONG, LITTLE DOGIES: SONGS AND SONGMAKERS OF THE AMERICAN WEST (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975) is pretty much an essential work on the subject. Includes wonderful bios of some of the leading figures in early cowboy music -- Gail Gardner, Carl Sprague and others.
    White was also a singer in his own right. Sometimes known as the "Lonesome Cowboy," he was frequently heard on the radio, out of New York, during the late twenties, thirties and early forties. He also made twenty recordings on 78.
    My personal copy of GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES came with a floppy 33-1/3 rpm sampler with "Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo" on one side and "Great Grand Dad" on the other. Don't suppose you'll find that in more recent copies.

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: olddude
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 11:53 AM

Thank you, I will see if I can find it

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 11:49 AM

Try reading the book "Git Along Little Dogies" by John I White "Songs and Songmakers of the American West" published by the University of Illinois Press published 1975.

Hoot

Subject: RE: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: olddude
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 11:41 AM

oops sorry here it is

whoopie

Subject: Whoopie ti yi yo John white
From: olddude
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 11:39 AM

This has to be the oldest recording of this song I ever heard ... holy cow. Does anyone know when it first surfaced. Never heard of John White who was he?

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