![]() Ragtime” on their Land We Live In (series seven) and was broadcast over station KDRO, Sedalia. The radio program was distributed by the Union Electric Co. The caption over Ireland’s photo of the band read “This Was Taken When Ragtime Was New.”Īdditionally, a radio program in 1948 and the persistent promotion of the California barber brought the music back to Sedalia’s attention. ![]() A Sedalia Democrat article in November 1947, featured the Queen City Negro Band and was reprinted from DownBeat magazine. Other articles began appearing in Sedalia papers as Tom Ireland, an original ragtime instrumentalist and perennial newspaper employee, was consulted about the Ragtime Era in Sedalia. Then after a short career as an itinerant ragtime performer he settled down in Venice, California to be a barber. Carew was a frequent jazz commentator and Brun Campbell, “The Ragtime Kid,” had come to Sedalia in the late 1890’s to study Ragtime under Joplin’s tutelage. Carew and Brun Campbell’s two-part article in a 1945 The Record Changer titled “Sedalia, Missouri, the Cradle of Ragtime” or one in 1947, titled “A Pioneer Rag Man” by Campbell and Carew. It is easy to conjecture that Durling knew about Sedalia from R.J. It also was the beginning of the modern interest in Sedalia’s ragtime heritage, culminating in 37 Joplin Festivals. He wrote a letter to Durling who referred him to Brun Campbell and that led to Scruton’s article and the declaration of ragtime fame. George Scruton, the paper’s editor apparently received a letter about a Chicago Herald column “On the Side” by Durling declaring Sedalia’s role in the beginnings of the country’s formerly popular ragtime music.įrom Scruton’s reaction, apparently few in the community including the editor did know about their ragtime connection. ![]() Durling, and things began to happen.Ī Summer 1947 newspaper headline in the Sedalia Democrat “Did You Know Ragtime Music Was Born in Sedalia?” began to stir interest in the city’s ragtime past. His promotions, letter writing efforts and his articles in The Record Changer with Roy Carew had attracted the attention of the columnist, E.V. He had the support of Joplin’s alleged spouse Lottie and he even attracted the support of W.C. Brun Campell’s CampaignĪfter years of silence, Brun Campbell began a campaign to promote the legacy of Scott Joplin across the country. Specifically, I have been intrigued by Campbell’s effort to convince the Sedalia community in the 1940’s of the significance of their musical heritage. In his book Brunson Campbell: The Original Ragtime Kid (McFarland and Company: 2016) Larry Karp details the life of one of Scott Joplin’s first white students. ![]()
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