Powell, Reuben

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AC-OR-002-006_a: Bradley Kincaid interview by Reuben Powell, 1-21-71, part 1


AC-OR-002-006_b: Bradley Kincaid interview by Reuben Powell, 1-21-71, part 2, and Bradley Kincaid conversation with Nick Vangoff and Reuben Powell, 08-15-1968.

Scope and Contents First Annual Renfro Valley Old Time Fiddler's Convention, June 11-13, 1971. (There were also Guitar and Band competitions.) Sunday morning of the third day, June 13th, included a show by Roy Acuff and the Smokey Mountain Boys. During the show, Roy Acuff talks with John Lair and Glen Pennington about country music and Renfro Valley history.CONTESTANTS: Bob Baker, Jesse Baker, Ray Brown, Wally Bryson, Charlie Collins, Charles A. Corns, Cumberland Mountain Boys, Sam Davis, Jack...

Scope and Contents Fourth Annual Renfro Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention July 5, 6, 7, 1974 Contestans: Tilly Adkins, Willie Adkins, Alfred Bailey, Bill Sparks, Ed Blake, Bobbie Blays, Howard Blays, Bluegrass Rejects, Bluegrass Travelers, Franklin Bowles, Arthur Breeze, Opal Breeze, Terry Bronck, Richard Campbell Barbara Coons, Coleman Cornelison, Tex Corpy, David Edmundson, Suzanne Edmundson, Howdy Forrester, Frank Gardner, Get Togethers, Kelly...

Abstract The collecting activity reflected in this collection began in the early 1950s and continued well into the 1970s. After Rueben Powell’s 1968 retirement from work as chief utility engineer at Wright Patterson Airforce Base in Ohio, Powell and his wife Retha started the Renfro Valley Tape Club as a means of sharing the fruits of his collecting with other country music fans. Its appeal was particularly substantial among Powell's contemporaries who were disenchanted with the then newer country...