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Dixie Dewdrop - The Uncle Dave Macon Story (Paperback)
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Dixie Dewdrop - The Uncle Dave Macon Story (Paperback)
Series: Music in American Life
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Loot Price R495
Discovery Miles 4 950
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One of the earliest performers on WSM in Nashville, Uncle Dave
Macon became the Grand Ole Opry's first superstar. His old-time
music and energetic stage shows made him a national sensation and
fueled a thirty-year run as one of America's most beloved
entertainers. Michael D. Doubler tells the amazing story of the
Dixie Dewdrop, a country music icon. Born in 1870, David Harrison
Macon learned the banjo from musicians passing through his parents'
Nashville hotel. After playing local shows in Middle Tennessee for
decades, a big break led Macon to Vaudeville, the earliest of his
two hundred-plus recordings and eventually to national stardom.
Uncle Dave--clad in his trademark plug hat and gates-ajar
collar--soon became the face of the Opry itself with his spirited
singing, humor, and array of banjo picking styles. For the rest of
his life, he defied age to tour and record prolifically, manage his
business affairs, mentor up-and-comers like David "Stringbean"
Akeman, and play with the Delmore Brothers, Roy Acuff, and Bill
Monroe.
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