Tennessee Barn Dance

The Tennessee Barn Dance was an American country music program, which was sent from WNOX from Knoxville, Tennessee.

History

The Tennessee Barn Dance was in response to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, created as the audience Tennessee was deeply rooted in traditional bluegrass music of Appalachia and often stood in contrast to the more progressive country genre Nashville. The first edition of the Tennessee Barn Dances in 1942 was broadcast live over WNOX. Was brought to the way the show from musicians Archie Campbell, who appeared in the Barn Dance as a comedian " Grandpa ". The first editions were held in the Old Lyric Theatre with 1800 seats, later they moved into the WNOX auditorium with 1250 seats. Director and host of the show was Lowell Blanchard.

Rise

In the 1940s and early 1950s, the popularity of the Tennessee Barn Dance increased enormously. The show was occasionally aired nationally on the CBS system, competing with other big shows of the time, as the Opry, the Old Kentucky Barn Dance, the Old Dominion Barn Dance or the Louisiana Hayride.

The Tennessee Barn Dance was the start of the career for many later stars of country music. Thus began among others Don Gibson, Mac Wiseman, and many more their careers here. Other well-known regular musicians of the show were Pee Wee King, Roy Acuff, Johnnie and Jack, Bill Carlisle, Cowboy Copas, Flatt and Scruggs and Carl Smith. Even veteran Country-/Old-Time-Musiker from the 1920s and 1930s as Riley Puckett, Cliff Carlisle and Charlie Monroe found in the Tennessee Barn Dance a chance to perform. Even Mother Maybelle Carter and her three daughters June, Helen and Anita were regularly on stage in WNOX Auditorium. It was mainly the rural, traditional bluegrass harmonies of the show that made ​​them so popular, as many radio stations and shows put on new styles such as Honky Tonk and Western Swing.

End

End of the 1950s the popularity of the Tennessee Barn Dance waned slowly then. The TV found its way into the budgets of the United States and the radio stations began to replace the costly live shows by disc jockeys in the studio, which were cheaper and unconventional. Nevertheless, it continued in the 1960s and in the 1970s with a reduced squad to send the show live. The latest edition of the Tennessee Barn Dances ran in 1987 with the simultaneous end of WNOX.

Guests and members

  • Roy Acuff
  • Johnnie and Jack
  • Pee Wee King
  • Carl Butler
  • Sam McGee
  • Bill Carlisle
  • Cliff Carlisle
  • Charlie Monroe
  • Mother Maybelle Carter and the Carter Sisters
  • Cowboy Copas
  • Hugh Cross
  • Lester Flatt
  • Earl Scruggs
  • Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
  • Kitty Wells
  • Don Gibson
  • Eddie Hill
  • Mac Wiseman
  • Carl Smith
  • Riley Puckett
  • The Bailey Brothers
  • Archie Campbell
  • James Carson & Martha Carson
  • Benny Martin
  • Lynn Davis
  • Buster Moore
  • Mollie O'Day
  • Jim and Jesse
  • The Osborne Brothers
  • Jimmie Skinner
  • Homer and Jethro
  • Roy Sneed
  • Carl Story
  • The Webster Brothers
  • Larry Mathis
  • Cousin Jody
  • Honey Wiles
  • Hugh X. Lewis
  • Red Kirk
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