Acuff fiddle finds home at Country Hall
Acuff fiddle finds home at Country Hall Thursday, July 1, 2021 – Country Music Hall of Fame member Roy Acuff's fiddle has been added to the museum's permanent collection thanks to a donation by Vince Gill. The fiddle was found and given to Acuff by American soldiers stationed in Germany at the end of World War II. Then a major star of the Grand Ole Opry and a best-selling Columbia recording artist, Acuff enjoyed broad appeal in country music at the time, serving as an important bridge from the stringband era to the modern era of star singers backed by bands. "Roy Acuff's prized fiddle is...
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