Radio entertainer Frankie Marvin, who went by the name of Frankie Wallace on numerous country records in the late 20s, made some sides for Edison during the last years of that stalwart company. This performance made it onto wax
on June 29 of 1928 while Jimmie Rodgers' original recording for Victor was selling like proverbial hotcakes. Frankie's voice is nothing
like Jimmie Rodgers' haunting pipes, but he does a decent job of covering the song (even if he does repeat one verse). The recording quality, however, is the real star of the show here. This was one of the electric Edison sides, and
was as close to hi-fi as the late 20s would get. After filtering out much of the rumble, and taking the odd click and pop out, it's good as new.
