 He met Jack Teagarden in this period, whom he befriended.In the late 1920s, Robison organized the Deep River Orchestra, later hosting a radio show entitled "The Deep River Hour" in the early 1930s.During the 1920s, Robison recorded extensively for Perfect Records, with scores of vocal recordings accompanying himself on piano (displaying his rather eccentric stride piano style), as well as "Deep River Orchestra" recordings using standard stock arrangements (including many popular and obscure songs) One recording was his fox trot arrangement of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" on both sides of Perfect 14825 and Pathe 36644.