Category: Bristol Sessions

Categories: Country Music | Appalachia, Needs Profiles Created | Bristol, Virginia | Projects Related to Appalachia

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The Bristol Sessions were a series of recording sessions held in 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee, considered by some as the "Big Bang" of modern country music. The recordings were made by Victor Talking Machine Company producer Ralph Peer.

Bristol Sessions on Wikipedia

Maybelle (Addington) Carter 10 May 1909 Scott, Virginia, United States - 23 Oct 1978

Alvin Carter 15 Dec 1891 Maces Springs, Scott, Virginia, United States - 07 Nov 1960

Clyde Meadows 03 Sep 1909 Tazewell, Virginia, United States - 14 Jul 1969

Ralph Peer 22 May 1892 Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States - 19 Jan 1960

Alfred Reed 20 Jan 1879 Floyd, Virginia, United States - 17 Jan 1956

James Rodgers 08 Sep 1897 Meridian, Mississippi, USA - 26 May 1933

Benton Sims 04 Aug 1924 Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, USA - 23 Dec 1995

Ernest Stoneman 25 May 1893 Carroll, Virginia, United States - 14 Jun 1968

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