The unlabeled cylinder he’d bought contained Vasnier singing and braying his way through “Thompson’s Old Gray Mule,” a song later recorded by hillbilly masters Uncle Dave Macon and Riley ...

A wax cylinder containing the oldest recorded country song was discovered in Pennsylvania. The track 'Thompson's Old Gray Mule' was recorded in 1891 and sung by Louis Vasnier, a black man from New ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THOMPSON'S OLD GRAY MULE") LOUIS VASNIER: (Singing) Oh, Thompson had an old, gray mule. He drove him around in a cart. KELLY: The audio fidelity is what you might expect for a ...

Emma Roberts attended the book launch party for Lili Anolik's biography "Didion & Babitz" in Los Angeles on Nov. 12 wearing a ...