The Tennessee Jamboree: Local Radio, the Barn Dance, and Cultural Life in Appalachian East Tennessee
Bradley Hanson, Brown University
Essay Sections:
Introduction | Rural Radio | The Barn Dance Genre | The Barn Dance in East Tennessee | LaFollette | WLAF | Tennessee Jamboree | Original Broadcast, Part 1: Music | Original Broadcast, Part 2: Advertising and Banter |
"Our time has come and gone" | Notes | Recommended Resources
"Our time has come and gone" | Notes | Recommended Resources
Acknowledgements. I wish to express a deep gratitude to all of the Blue Valley Boys and Girls, and their families, who shared with me their time, memories, and personal "archives," including Frances Boshears, Curt Caldwell, Charlie Collins, L.C. Edwards, Red Harrison, Dean Huddleston, John Hunley, Lois Johnson, Fred Longmire, Doris Queener, Barb Sanders, Robert Stephens, and Carl Stump. I would also like to thank the members of the Cumberland Trail History and Archive team, especially our leader Bob Fulcher, Brian Vollmer, Allison Williams, Linda Dougherty, Jim Brannon, Jennifer Macasek, Leslie Smith, Brooke Bradley, and Ajay Kalra. My sincere appreciation as well to Bradley Reeves at the Tennessee Archive of the Moving Image and Sound for preserving so many treasures and for sharing some of them with me in this current effort. Many thanks also to Susan Smulyan at Brown University for helping shape this project from the very start, and to Franky Abbott, Allen Tullos, and Sarah Toton at Southern Spaces for dedicating so much effort and wisdom to its completion.
Notes:
1. Susan Douglas, Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004), 57.
2. Ibid, 79.
3. Ronald R. Kline, Consumers in the Country: Technology and Social Change in Rural America. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000), 10.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid, 116.
6. Ibid, 287.
7. Joseph C. Pusateri, Enterprise in Radio: WWL and the Business of Broadcasting in America. (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1980), 153.
8. Douglas, 5.
9. Richard A. Peterson, Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), 97.
10. Kline, 287.
11. Jacob J. Podber, "The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Early Effects of Radio, Television, and the Internet on Appalachia and the Melungeon Community." (Ph.D. dissertation: Ohio University, 2001), 121.
12. Ibid, 143-144.
13. Ibid, 132-133.
14. Pusateri, 221.
15. Ibid.
16. Diane Pecknold, The Selling Sound: The Rise of the Country Music Industry. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007), 15.
17. Ibid, 16.
18. Suan Smulyan, Selling Radio: The Commercialization of American Broadcasting, 1920-1934. (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994), 24.
19. Ibid, 23.
20. Kristine M. McCusker, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels": Women, Work and Barn Dance Radio, 1920-1960." (Ph.D. dissertation: Indiana University, 2000), 20.
21. Jeffrey J. Lange, Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2004), 28.
22. Peterson, 99, 109.
23. Pecknold, 16.
24. Ibid.
25. Charles Wolfe, Tennessee Strings: The Story of Country Music in Tennessee. (Knoxville, TN: University of Knoxville Press, 1977), 83.
26. Ibid, 83-85.
27. Peterson, 232.
28. David Nusz Black, Television from a Third Coast: A History of Nashville Network and Syndicated Television Production: 1950-1983. (Ph.D. Dissertation: The University of Tennessee, 1996), 393-394.
29. A Study of the Community of Lafollette, Tennessee. Tennessee State Library and Archive. (Nashville: Public Libraries Division, 1957), 4-5.
30. Ibid, 50.
31. Ibid, 20.
32. Bill Waddell, taped interview by Joe DiCosimo, August 2005.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid.
35. Waddell, reunion introduction. From tape of Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival, Caryville, TN, 2007, from the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
36. Michele Hilmes, Radio Voices: American Broadcasting, 1922-1952. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997), xvi.
37. Jody Berland,"Radio Space and Industrial Time: The Case of Music Formats." In Canadian Music: Issues of Hegemony and Identity, eds. Beverly Diamond and Robert Witmer. (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 1994), 175- 176, 181.
38. Bill C. Malone, Country Music, U.S.A. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985), 369.
39. A Study of the Community of Lafollette, Tennessee, 5.
40. Berland, 185.
41. Smulyan, 32.
2. Ibid, 79.
3. Ronald R. Kline, Consumers in the Country: Technology and Social Change in Rural America. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000), 10.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid, 116.
6. Ibid, 287.
7. Joseph C. Pusateri, Enterprise in Radio: WWL and the Business of Broadcasting in America. (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1980), 153.
8. Douglas, 5.
9. Richard A. Peterson, Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), 97.
10. Kline, 287.
11. Jacob J. Podber, "The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Early Effects of Radio, Television, and the Internet on Appalachia and the Melungeon Community." (Ph.D. dissertation: Ohio University, 2001), 121.
12. Ibid, 143-144.
13. Ibid, 132-133.
14. Pusateri, 221.
15. Ibid.
16. Diane Pecknold, The Selling Sound: The Rise of the Country Music Industry. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007), 15.
17. Ibid, 16.
18. Suan Smulyan, Selling Radio: The Commercialization of American Broadcasting, 1920-1934. (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994), 24.
19. Ibid, 23.
20. Kristine M. McCusker, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels": Women, Work and Barn Dance Radio, 1920-1960." (Ph.D. dissertation: Indiana University, 2000), 20.
21. Jeffrey J. Lange, Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2004), 28.
22. Peterson, 99, 109.
23. Pecknold, 16.
24. Ibid.
25. Charles Wolfe, Tennessee Strings: The Story of Country Music in Tennessee. (Knoxville, TN: University of Knoxville Press, 1977), 83.
26. Ibid, 83-85.
27. Peterson, 232.
28. David Nusz Black, Television from a Third Coast: A History of Nashville Network and Syndicated Television Production: 1950-1983. (Ph.D. Dissertation: The University of Tennessee, 1996), 393-394.
29. A Study of the Community of Lafollette, Tennessee. Tennessee State Library and Archive. (Nashville: Public Libraries Division, 1957), 4-5.
30. Ibid, 50.
31. Ibid, 20.
32. Bill Waddell, taped interview by Joe DiCosimo, August 2005.
33. Ibid.
34. Ibid.
35. Waddell, reunion introduction. From tape of Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival, Caryville, TN, 2007, from the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
36. Michele Hilmes, Radio Voices: American Broadcasting, 1922-1952. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997), xvi.
37. Jody Berland,"Radio Space and Industrial Time: The Case of Music Formats." In Canadian Music: Issues of Hegemony and Identity, eds. Beverly Diamond and Robert Witmer. (Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 1994), 175- 176, 181.
38. Bill C. Malone, Country Music, U.S.A. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985), 369.
39. A Study of the Community of Lafollette, Tennessee, 5.
40. Berland, 185.
41. Smulyan, 32.
Essay Sections:
Introduction | Rural Radio | The Barn Dance Genre | The Barn Dance in East Tennessee | LaFollette | WLAF | Tennessee Jamboree | Original Broadcast, Part 1: Music | Original Broadcast, Part 2: Advertising and Banter |
"Our time has come and gone" | Notes | Recommended Resources
"Our time has come and gone" | Notes | Recommended Resources
