“The Original Hillbillies“ 1929 Vitaphone Varieties #715

“The Original Hillbillies“ 1929 Vitaphone Varieties #715 Al Hopkins - Voice and Pump Organ Ed Belcher - Fiddle Frank Wilson - Slide Guitar and 5-String Banjo John Hopkins - Tenor Banjo and Voice Joe Hopkins - Guitar Tony Alderman - Musical Saw and Voice All - Hearty Laughs Filmed ca. December 1928 and released March 7, 1929. Echoes of the Chimes, hot guitar solo and Wasn’t She A Dandy (fragment) Alongside the Vitaphone of Jimmie Rodgers this is one of the only segments of footage showing a 1920s hillbilly act; in fact, the boys who were the namesake of the genre. How about ol’ Frank Wilson stealing the show? Maybe some of that charisma he picked up from Wilmer Watts! Just a few months after Charlie Bowman left the band and Belcher replaced him. Y’all enjoy. Thanks to Tony Russell for information. I do not own the rights to this video. This video is intended for educational purposes.