Bristol - the (Recording) Birthplace of Country Music
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Bristol, Va and Tn Welcome sign |
The refurbished train station, passenger train service to Lynchburg is contemplated by the state of Virginia for the future |
Tennessee side has water covers celebrating birth of country music |
A local Bristolian, Tennessee Ernie Ford's Star on Theatre's Walk of Fame |
Jack Lynch, Sr. in front of the monument to the first country music recordings in Bristol by the Carter family and Jimmy Rodgers |
Theatre sign where Walk of Stars is located |
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Burger Bar - the last stop of Hank William's car and driver the night he died travelling through West Virginia in 1951 |
Jack Lynch in front of the monument to the first country music recordings in Bristol by the Carter family and Jimmy Rodgers |
Bristol mural on the brith of country music by Tim White and son |
Nascar mural across street from music mural |
Street signs mark country music people |
Sidewalk tablet honoring the Carter Family |
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| Road marker dividing the two states | Advertising painted on side of building | Street monument honoring Pop Stoneman and the Stoneman Family of musicians | Signed guitar in Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol Mall | Banjo built by Albert Hash, well known for building fiddles, the banjo was for Edward Lee Blevins | Close up of drum and rim of banjo built by Albert Hash of Whitetop, Va - he played fiddle with Grayson and Whittier - he later taught luthier Wayne Henderson |
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| Close up of neck of Hash built banjo | Close up of head of Hash built banjo | Pencil drawing of early Bristol area recording artists | "My Blue Ridge Mountain Home" sheet music and record - showing Carson Robinson and Vernon Dalhart |