Cal Stewart, Your Uncle Josh: America's King of Rural Comedy

English

ISBN: 146204347X

EAN: 9781462043477

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Literary

Publisher: iUniverse.com

Release Date: 09/14/2011

Synopsis: An American recording icon of the early 1900s, Cal Stewart created the popular Uncle Josh Weathersby character; Josh's town, Punkin Center; and the many colorful characters who inhabited his fictional town from Way Down East. Stewart's recordings were among the bestselling of the period, and through his satire he showed life in a fast-changing world. The actor, singer, songwriter, and author performed across the nation with his Cal Stewart & Co. group, consisting of his wife, the Indiana violinist Hazel "Gypsy Rossini" Waugh, and her younger brother and sister. For millions, Cal Stewart was the king of rural comedy.

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Cal Stewart, Your Uncle Josh: America's King of Rural Comedy

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