Firstly this podcast is about music and specifically the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Bristol Virginia earned that title way back in 1927. Learn more in Birthplace-Of-Country-Music-Museum-Bob Davis Podcast 1134

Secondly we’ll walk and talk through the Birthplace Of Country Music Museum.

Most importantly much of the museum is musical and historical.

And it is focused primarily on audio.

So those sounds are featured in this podcast.

Undoubtedly Bristol earned this title in the summer of 1927 when record producer Ralph Peer arrived in town to record 19 artists from Appalachia.

Equally important is the fact that the so called Bristol Sessions had an impact far greater than anyone could have predicted in 1927

Thirdly my listeners know I like to roll through places rather than stop. But I made an exception for this. Above all this Smithsonian museum in Bristol is a gem.

Because recording what was called Hillbilly music then has proven influential in so many music genres today.

Another key point is how this music made its way to these hills.

And the songs go back to the Lowlands of Scotland, Wales and England.

Significantly Bristol was booming back in 1927

It was unquestionably a very active town of railroads, new industry, agriculture, retail commerce and logging.

Scholars call the Bristol Sessions analogous to the Big Bang.

Accordingly Johnny Cash called the Bristol sessions the single most important event in the history of country music.

With this mind this subject resonates with me because music, history, and radio are brought together here.

From the Carter family with their photographic memories and in effect revolutionary style of playing..

To the already reigning stars of the genre in 1927 such as Earnest Stoneman.

Of course by 1927 The Big Barn Dance was already on WLS from Chicago…

And the Grand Old Opry on WSM aired regularly on WSM in Nashville.

Therefore a brand new radio and record industry were just beginning to change American Culture forever.

Finally the small towns have become cities the enclaves have become suburbs.

But every now and then the traveler can still see places that people back in 1927 might have called home.

Up to the present time the best place to see it is The Crooked Highway.

That is to say Highway 58 Virginia which takes the traveler to Bristol, Virginia…

But, we’re all lucky they made the trip in 1927.

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