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LOGGER'S SHEET: SI-FP-1986-CT-131 LOGGER: Jean M. Coyle REEL NUMBER: 1A STAGE: Tennessee Talk DATE: 6/28/86 PRESENTOR: Roby Cogswell GROUP NAME: Tennessee Regions REGION/STYLE: Tennessee PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Red Rector east Tenn. music Musician Roy Harper middle Tenn. music Musician Jerry Lee "Smoochie" Smith West Tenn. Music Musician CONTENTS 1. Music scene in east, middle, & west Tennessee 2. Roy Harper — early years of radio, 3. (battery-powered), secondhand battery radio 4. (although folks were poor - one-house-farmer), 5. Thompsons, 6. George B. Hay — "Grand 'Ole Opry," 7. Uncle Dave Makin — featured singer for 15 yrs, 8. Gully-jumpers, Fruit-jar Drinkers, Possum Hunters 9. Red Rector — Knoxville east Tenn. music, 10. ("Middle Merry-go-'round"), 11. Cass Walker 12. Jerry Lee "Smoochie" Smith - rockabilly 13. music in West Tenn, Memphis