Andrew Jenkins

b. 26 November 1885, Jenkinsburg, Georgia, USA, d. 25 Apr 1957. Jenkins, like Riley Puckett, was presented with incorrect treatment for eyesight disorders as a kid. It took apart virtually all his eyesight and finally resulted in full blindness. He got to religion being a youngster and reputedly frequently preached to his close friends. He created a skill for playing musical musical instruments, becoming efficient on banjo, electric guitar, mandolin, piano, body organ and French harp and started writing tracks. He sold papers on the roads of Atlanta however in 1910, he became a Holiness preacher, which regarding his songwriting and documenting remained his primary curiosity until his loss of life. His initial marriage failed however in 1919, he remarried and begun to play regional functions along with his two recently obtained stepdaughters Irene (Spain) and Mary Lee (Eskew). In 1922, when WSB commenced broadcasting the Jenkins Family members began regular programs. When they 1st documented, on 29 August 1924, they most likely became the 1st nation music family to take action and one among the first ever to record both nation and gospel music. They documented sessions for quite some time occasionally under differing titles like the Jenkins Sacred Performers as well as the Irene Spain Family members. He also documented as Blind Andy (a nickname he obtained early in his profession) and with Carson Jay Robison. Jenkins made up over 800 tunes, most of them gospel figures such as for example ‘If I POSSIBLY COULD Hear My Mom Pray Once again’, ‘God Place A Rainbow In The Clouds’ and ‘Chapel In The Wildwood’. He also experienced a great skill for composing made-to-order saga or event tunes and is particularly remembered for the favorite train tunes, ‘Ben Dewberry’s Last Work’ (popularised by Jimmie Rodgers) and ‘The Wreck FROM THE Royal Hand’ in addition to the ballad from the kidnapped and murdered kid ‘Small Marian Parker’. Various other extremely popular Jenkins tracks related the tales of outlaws or gangsters such as for example ‘Kimmie Wagner’ and ‘Billy The Child’, while ‘The Loss of life Of Floyd Collins’, informed the true tale of a youngsters trapped within a cave. Jenkins had written the tune to order right away, marketed it to Polk Brockman of OKeh Information for $25 and it became a huge strike for Vernon Dalhart in 1925. (Dalhart effectively recorded many of Jenkins’ tracks). Jenkins produced little money through the sale of some of his tracks and mainly been around on donations received according of his preaching.