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 5String 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.