The Tavin Dillard Podcast

Apologies! The rough version of this podcast was uploaded. Here is the correct one! Enjoy this rich history of an amazing beginning for some future stars in Thacker, TN.

It was the Autumn of 1908 in Thacker, Tennessee when a discouraged young couple decided to take a risk and turn a struggling feed store into a performing arts school for local kids. And it became The Flour Sack Academy.

Stonebrook, Kentucky is no stranger to trouble. From a swarm of beavers to a migration of bees, they were always at the ready. However, in 1862 it was one instrument that saved this town and was never used again.

In 1920 around the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Casper Whitney decided to charge a fee for the natural water slide on his property. What happened next was almost a success.

He was the George Melies of biscuits and gravy, disappearing for years in 1949 only to return decades later with his art: biscuits and gravy..

It was 1870 in Ratcliff, Florida when a blue eyed, light haired Seminole was born. He went on to be a fisherman and eventually a Hollywood Star.

It was August 1870 in Palm Bow, Alabama and on the 7th of that month the town celebrated their inception. It was the annual town carnival and a nine year old harpist, Mildred Frumptor was determined to perform her art, rain or shine.

Twenty years after the Civil War business was booming for the Weassle Brothers, makers of handmade roll top desks. These hillbillies in Northwest Arkansas surprised the world not only with the way they crafted wood, but also with the way they crafted words.

Local Historian Shad Devenpour details how Pants Washin’ Day was born in 1863 in Turnip Prairie, TN.