Uncle Dave Macon
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David Harrison Macon, known professionally as Uncle Dave Macon, was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Known as "The Dixie Dewdrop", Macon was known for his chin whis
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Monument composed of bricks from Macon's birthplace
Uncle Dave Macon display at the Museum of Appalachia
The Uncle Dave Macon House.
DeFord Bailey
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DeFord Bailey was an American old-time musician and songwriter considered to be the first African American country music star. He started his career in the 1920s and was one of the first performers to
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…the new bluegrass style nor by the banjo picking of Monroe's bandmate Earl Scruggs. Macon also toured throughout the South with such Opry headliners as DeFord Bailey and Roy Acuff. Macon continued to perform until shortly before his death on March 22, 1952, at Rutherford County Hospital in Murfreesboro. He was buried…
Bailey in the 1970s
A Tennessee Historical Commission marker near Bailey's birthplace in Smith County