Old-Time Music
The state of Tennessee once had a strong Old-time music tradition. In its earliest days the Grand Ole Opry featured banjo players, fiddle players, and string bands from Middle Tennessee such as Uncle Dave Macon, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, the McGee Brothers, Humphrey Bate and his Possum Hunters, the Gully Jumpers, the Fruit Jar Drinkers, and The Crook Brothers String Band.
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