Ralph Sylvester Peer: May 22, 1892 - March 18, 2008
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a true giant of early recorded music and (remarkably) the oldest man in the world at the time of his death. Walk that lonesome valley, big boy!
― Ol Bertie Dastard, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:05 (eighteen years ago)
goddam i had no idea at all he was still alive. r.i.p.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:14 (eighteen years ago)
i went to bristol once looking for the hotel where he recorded the carters, jimmie rodgers et al. it is of course not there anymore. but they did have a plaque marking it at least.
here's an article he wrote about working with jimmie rodgers.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:17 (eighteen years ago)
Eh, according to Wikipedia he died in 1960...
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:19 (eighteen years ago)
lol
― Davey D, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:21 (eighteen years ago)
Yes, and oldest living person is Japanese.
― Billy Dods, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:22 (eighteen years ago)
haha oh well. r.i.p. 48 years ago!
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:24 (eighteen years ago)
the ilxors of the eisenhower era salute you.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:25 (eighteen years ago)
RIP Louis Armstrong, aged 117
― Billy Dods, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:27 (eighteen years ago)
Hold on, I thought Ralph Peer was the oldest man in the world?!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:28 (eighteen years ago)
these things always happen in threes. jimmy durante better watch himself.
― tipsy mothra, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:30 (eighteen years ago)
good night, Mrs. Laukkanen, wherever you are
― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 20 March 2008 22:33 (eighteen years ago)
Heaven needed a (Wikipedia? Has it come to that?)
― dow, Friday, 21 March 2008 00:40 (eighteen years ago)
Let's face it...looks like he's about to kark it in that picture and that looks 100 yeas old
― sonnyboy, Friday, 21 March 2008 19:47 (eighteen years ago)
Today I learned that Eck and Maybelle named Anita Carter after Ralph Peer’s wife.
― Blue Yoda No. 9 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 May 2021 05:14 (five years ago)
Interesting factoid
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 23 May 2021 15:41 (five years ago)
Almost posted it on Shockingly Old to Learn thread
― Blue Yoda No. 9 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 23 May 2021 17:14 (five years ago)
Second wife, to be precise.
― Blue Yoda No. 9 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 24 May 2021 11:01 (five years ago)