We should also acknowledge the contribution to the birth of country music to A.P.’s collaborator Leslie Riddle, who later emigrated to Rochester, NY. He was known as A.P.’s ‘human tape recorder’, A.P. would travel the backroads of Virginia collecting songs he heard, but he relied on Riddle’s amazing memory to preserve the melodies they heard. Riddle’s also credited with writing memorable Carter Family songs such as ‘Hello Stranger’ and ‘Cannonball Blues’ and other songs such as ‘I Know What it Means to be Lonesome’.
We should also acknowledge the contribution to the birth of country music to A.P.’s collaborator Leslie Riddle, who later emigrated to Rochester, NY. He was known as A.P.’s ‘human tape recorder’, A.P. would travel the backroads of Virginia collecting songs he heard, but he relied on Riddle’s amazing memory to preserve the melodies they heard. Riddle’s also credited with writing memorable Carter Family songs such as ‘Hello Stranger’ and ‘Cannonball Blues’ and other songs such as ‘I Know What it Means to be Lonesome’.