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Bristol Sessions (1927), The – Encyclopedia Virginia


SUMMARY
The Bristol Sessions occurred in 1927 when the Victor Talking Machine Company brought a field unit to Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia, to record musicians from the region. Victor held the sessions on the second and third floors of the Taylor-Christian Hat Company building at 408 State Street on the Tennessee side of Bristol’s main thoroughfare, which also serves as the Tennessee-Virginia border. Director Ralph Peer and the Victor engineers recorded fiddle tunes, sacred songs, string bands, harmonica solos, and others from July 25 to August 5. Celebrated as the session that produced the first recordings of country music legends Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, the session also featured artists who had made previous recordings for other record labels. The session captured on 78-rpm commercial recordings an excellent cross section of the styles of music present in the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian regions. ....

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Today In Johnson City History: July 3


“Never go to bed with cold or damp feet.”
“Salt fish are quickly freshened by soaking in sour milk.”
“Do not lean with the back upon anything that is cold.”
“Never begin a journey until the breakfast has been eaten.”
“Wash all marble daily with ammonia and water in place of soap-suds.”
“To disinfect sheets, etc., soak in chloride of lime solution, wring out and boil.”
“Cesspools, etc., should be well covered on top with a mixture of chloride of lime with ten parts of dry sand.”
“To test nutmegs, prick them with a pin, and if they are good the oil will instantly spread around the puncture.” ....

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Today In Johnson City History: May 30

An unsafe trestle, Memorial Day baseball, the mayor gets a ticket and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history. ....

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Today In Johnson City History: May 29

May 29, 1868: The East Tennessee Union Flag advised readers, “To cure warts on horses and cattle, take a small quantity of blue vitriol, pulverize it, and add enough water ....

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Today In Johnson City History: May 28

May 28, 1869: The East Tennessee Union Flag alerted readers that the Science Hill Male and Female Institute would begin its fall session on August 14 of that year. The ....

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