Talk:Frederick J. Bacon

Ernie Anderson
The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound makes mention that Fred J Bacon recorded under the pseudonym Ernie Anderson. I'm not putting it into the article because of the confusion I had pinning down more information. There appears to have been another Ernie Anderson from Los Angeles who played tenor banjo and mandocello, who played in dance orchestras, motion pictures and radio studios. I believe he recorded the Big Squawk based on the recording’s location.

There was also an Ernie Anderson who was a radio host or disk jockey.

I suspect that the reference to Fred J Bacon recording under  the pseudonym Ernie Anderson applies to the 1926 recordings Nola and Marionette, based on news clipping fron Newspapers.com. In  that year he was almost entirely out of the news as Fred J Bacon, but did return to his home from New York where he was doing radio. However, none of the newspapers listed Fred J Bacon doing radio in New York, only Ernie Anderson.

I can’t sort these our at the momentJacqke (talk) 11:57, 18 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Nola, Edison matrix 11189, 10 September 1926, New York, Ernie Anderson, instrumentalist : banjo, Jacob Louis Merkur, instrumentalist : piano
 * Marionette, Edison matrix 11190, 10 September 1926, New York, Ernie Anderson, instrumentalist : banjo, Jacob Louis Merkur, instrumentalist : piano
 * The Big Squawk, Victor matrix MVR-52026, 23 April 1929, Culver City, California, Gus Arnheim Orchestra (Ernie Anderson, instrumentalist, banjo)


 * Also Ernie Anderson teaching banjo in Seattle in October 1921.