Country music. -- Kentucky

Abstract Asa Martin was born 1900 in Clark County, Kentucky where he grew up hearing music at home and at various traveling shows. He tried his hand as an entertainer, first singing on small vaudeville shows and eventually on commercial recordings and radio with Madison County, Kentucky fiddler, Doc Roberts.On their recordings for Gennett and other labels, he played guitar with Roberts and performed a varied repertoire of songs that included parodies, traditional ballads, and current...

Abstract Doctor Howard Hopkins was a popular performer on mid- western radio in the 1930s and 1940s. Born January 26, 1900, in Harlan County, Kentucky, Hopkins began playing banjo during his boyhood on an instrument his father crafted for him. The Hopkins family moved to Rockcastle County, where Doc’s neighbors included his future radio colleagues John Lair, Karl Davis, and Harty Taylor. In 1930 Lair invited his schoolmates to Chicago, and Hopkins named the new band the Cumberland Ridge...

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the musical career of early bluegrass musicians John and Frances Reedy from Harlan County, Kentucky. Materials include:

Clippings, photos, and other print material
Home tape recordings and play lists
Reedy commercial disc and 8-Track recordings
Other performers' commercial disc recordings

Located in Archives Stacks [Range: 7, Section: N, Shelf: 6]