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Dolly Parton, from Sevierville, is a country and gospel music legend. Her theme park, Dollywood (located in nearby Pigeon Forge), features live music performances, and is home to the Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame. Parton's western-themed Dolly Parton's Stampede, a dinner theater restaurant (also in Pigeon Forge), has daily shows as well.
Appalachian folk music, fiddle music, gospel, spirituals, and polka have had local scenes in parts of Alabama. The Tuskegee Institute's School of Music (established 1931), especially the Tuskegee Choir, is an internationally renowned institution.
The Remarkable Stanley Brothers Play and Sing Bluegrass Songs for You: King: 924: Songs of Mother and Home: Wango: LP 106: reissued 1973 as County 738 1966: The Stanley Brothers: Their Original Recordings: Melodeon: MLP 7322: 1947 Rich-R-Tone sessions, recorded in Bristol, Tennessee A Collection of Original Gospel & Sacred Songs: King: 963
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 – November 23, 1992) was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the "King of Country Music", Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.
Appalachian Blues (2001) Appalachian Gospel (2003) Romantic Moments (2008) Appalachian Gospel is the sixth studio album by singer Stella Parton. Track listing.
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His father, G. W. Kirby, was an Appalachian folk musician who played fiddle and banjo. As a child, Kirby learned to play guitar and banjo and sang gospel music. By his teens, he was playing for square dances. In the late 1920s, Kirby followed the path of many people from the Appalachian region
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...