DJAS CarMan | tl

Jenks (Tex) Carman (Hardinsburg, KY, May 14, 1903 - February 2, 1968) was an American country (steel) guitarist and singer. Jenks Carman played guitar in the old Hawaiian style, that is just a regular flat top type Martin in the laying down position, and was both adept at playing breaks, solos and backing up his singing. What makes his guitar style so unusual was that the staccato type style he played was popular in the teens up into the mid 20`s. It was the style of the "real" Hawaiians that migrated here from about the turn of the century till...