In early 1913 music publisher John Stark heard Matthews and offered him 50 dollars each for any original rags he submitted for publication.
Over the next two decades, Stark published and promoted the "classic" style rag pioneered by Joplin with a lineup that included Joseph Lamb, James Scott, Arthur Marshall, Paul Pratt, Artie Matthews, Robert Hampton, J. Russel Robinson, and Etilmon J. Stark (his son).
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