Country Music History Primary Sources
Historical documents. What clues can you gather about the time, place, players, and culture?
Bristol Remembered
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In a document from around 1953, Ralph Peer remembers Jimmie Rodgers and how the two came together for the Bristol sessions nearly 30 years earlier.
In Her Own Words
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Read the intro to Loretta Lynn's autobiography, Coal Miner's Daughter, for a peek into how she understands her remarkable life, a life that, to borrow a line from Jerry Lee Lewis, would make a great country song.