Country music -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fourth Annual Renfro Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention
Collection
Identifier: BCA 0298
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...
Dates:
July 5-7, 1974
Reuben Powell Early Country Music Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0065 SAA 065
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...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1910-1982