Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Nashville? Well, no. Bristol.

Yes, Nashville has the Grand Ole Opry and the big name recording artists. But Bristol stakes its claim as the birthplace of country music.

What happened in Floyd County, KY on August 24, 1934? The Floyd County Times gives us a ‘day in the life’ look.

Both Charlie & Ira were attracted to the close-harmony country brother duets of the Blue Sky Boys and the Delmore Brothers.

1978 interview with Mary Brewer, author of “Rugged trail to Appalachia” Oral History Project, Frontier Nursing Service, Kentucky Virtual Library.

What started as the Rhododendron Festival of 1927 was transformed into what we today recognize as a ‘folk festival’ by Bascom Lamar Lunsford.