The 1925 Asheville Sessions: The Spark Before the Bang

The 1925 Asheville Sessions: The Spark Before the Bang

In August 1925, two years before the famed Bristol Sessions, Ralph Peer and Okeh Records set up a temporary studio on the rooftop of Asheville’s brand-new Vanderbilt Hotel.

Over ten sweltering days, local musicians cut sixty test records, capturing the raw sounds of traditional Appalachian ballads, banjo tunes, and old songs. Though often overlooked, these Asheville sessions lit the spark that would explode two years later in Bristol, igniting the Big Bang of country music.

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The Day The Circus Came To Kingsport

The Day The Circus Came To Kingsport

This week’s story is a well-known story about the Sparks’ World-Famous Circus and its visit to Kingsport, Tennessee, 99 years ago. The day’s festivities turned deadly, and the rest is, as they say, hi...

23 Nov 201517min

Swift’s Lost Silver Mine

Swift’s Lost Silver Mine

On this week’s podcast, Rod Mullins tells us the story of the legend of Swift’s Lost Silver Mine, supposedly located somewhere in the hills of Southwest Virginia. Rod also shares a personal connection...

18 Nov 201518min

John Randolph Neal, Jr., East Tennessee Advocate

John Randolph Neal, Jr., East Tennessee Advocate

Today, I’m sharing the story of John Randolph Neal, Jr., whose life revolved around the law. Neal was a rather eccentric law professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law in the 1920’s who w...

14 Nov 201511min

Mickey Ray Hendricks, All American Redhead

Mickey Ray Hendricks, All American Redhead

We have a sports-related podcast this week as Steve and Rod tell you the story of a woman from Scott County, Virginia, who traveled the country playing professional women’s basketball in the 1960’s, o...

10 Nov 20157min

Chief Benge’s Last Raid

Chief Benge’s Last Raid

This week on the podcast, Steve and Rod go back to the 1790’s to tell you the story of the last raid of the Cherokee warrior Bob Benge against the settlers of Scott, Lee and Wise Counties in Southwest...

5 Nov 201510min

The Norton Braves

The Norton Braves

This week, Steve and Rod tell you the story of one of Southwest Virginia’s minor league baseball teams, the Norton Braves. Thanks for listening! View image | gettyimages.com

31 Okt 201510min

Andrew Jackson, East Tennessee Lawyer

Andrew Jackson, East Tennessee Lawyer

In 1788, a brash 21 year-old came over the mountains from North Carolina to the frontier,seeking fame and fortune as a lawyer. Andrew Jackson began a long and illustrious career in what’s now Jonesbor...

31 Okt 20156min

Alfred Dean Slack, Kingsport Spy

Alfred Dean Slack, Kingsport Spy

Welcome to our new podcast, Stories, A History of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Each week we’ll take a look at the history of the area, one story at a time. This week, it’s the story of the ...

31 Okt 20156min

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