Dudley Vance, of Bluff City, Tennessee, won first prize, with his performance of "Twinkle Little Star". G. B. Grayson, born in 1887, and a native of Johnson County, was also a prize winner for his version of Cumberland Gap.[6]
The Mountain City convention has been the inspiration for other festivals and competitions, each featuring fiddlers and other old-time musicians.[7]
Old Time Fiddler's Conventionedit
The Old Time Fiddler's Convention takes place in the nearby town of Laurel Bloomery, and is held the Saturday before Labor Day weekend at the Old Mill Music Park. It commemorates the annual anniversary of the 1925 gathering.[8] Local, regional, and international musicians travel to attend this festival, which is marked with old time folk and bluegrass music.[9][10][11]
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External linksedit
Old Time Fiddler's Convention online
YouTube video of the Old Time Fiddler's Convention in Laurel Bloomery
Upper East Tennessee Fiddler's Convention online
Upper East Tennessee Fiddler's Convention on Facebook
April 12, 2024
mountain, city, fiddlers, convention, held, east, tennessee, town, mountain, city, 1925, gathering, attended, many, acclaimed, appalachian, musicians, pioneers, bluegrass, country, music, such, grayson, charlie, bowman, hopkins, contest, helped, define, music,. The Mountain City Fiddlers Convention was held in the East Tennessee town of Mountain City in May 1925 1 The gathering was attended by many acclaimed Appalachian musicians and pioneers of bluegrass and country music such as G B Grayson Charlie Bowman and Al Hopkins 2 3 The contest helped to define the music of East Tennessee and along with the Bristol recording sessions of 1927 and the Johnson City sessions of 1928 and 1929 it is regarded as one of the events which helped to launch the modern country music industry 4 5 Dudley Vance of Bluff City Tennessee won first prize with his performance of Twinkle Little Star G B Grayson born in 1887 and a native of Johnson County was also a prize winner for his version of Cumberland Gap 6 Contents 1 Music festivals inspired by the original 1 1 Old Time Fiddler s Convention 1 2 Upper East Tennessee Fiddler s Convention 2 References 3 External linksMusic festivals inspired by the original editThe Mountain City convention has been the inspiration for other festivals and competitions each featuring fiddlers and other old time musicians 7 Old Time Fiddler s Convention edit The Old Time Fiddler s Convention takes place in the nearby town of Laurel Bloomery and is held the Saturday before Labor Day weekend at the Old Mill Music Park It commemorates the annual anniversary of the 1925 gathering 8 Local regional and international musicians travel to attend this festival which is marked with old time folk and bluegrass music 9 10 11 Upper East Tennessee Fiddler s Convention edit In late April 2017 the first annual Upper East Tennessee Fiddler s Convention was held in the community of Flag Pond in Unicoi County Tennessee Among other goals the event helps support Rocky Fork State Park 12 13 14 References edit Old time fiddler s convention coming to Flag Pond 28 January 2017 The Johnson County Fiddlers Convention at Laurel Bloomery Tennessee By Mark Freed www oldtimeherald org Archived from the original on 2020 11 24 Retrieved 2018 03 13 Early Records of Oldtime Music From East Tennessee talkingfiddle sites google com 2017 Homecoming Tour and Festival LONG JOURNEY HOME Archived from the original on 2018 03 13 Retrieved 2018 03 13 Various A Fiddlers Convention In Mountain City Tennessee Discogs 1972 A Fiddler s Convention in Mountain City Tennessee 28 November 2011 Fiddle and Old time Music Contests Tennessee Encyclopedia Fiddlers Convention Johnson County Laurel Bloomery TN laurelbloomeryjohnsoncountyfiddlers yolasite com Cox Bob L 2007 Fiddlin Charlie Bowman An East Tennessee Old time Music Pioneer and his Musical Family University of Tennessee Press ISBN 978 1 57233 566 0 A Fiddler s Convention in Mountain City Archived 2013 12 13 at the Wayback Machine Tennessee from History of Johnson County 1986 by Thomas W Gentry accessed January 9 2010 on Clarence Ashley website maintained by Scott Moore FNO Festivalnet Fiddlers Convention 2019 a Music Festival in Laurel Bloomery festivalnet com Fiddler s convention brings hundreds to Flag Pond 29 April 2017 Fiddler s Convention www etsu edu Upper East Tennessee Fiddler s Convention The Laurel of Asheville 26 April 2017 External links editOld Time Fiddler s Convention online YouTube video of the Old Time Fiddler s Convention in Laurel Bloomery Upper East Tennessee Fiddler s Convention online Upper East Tennessee Fiddler s Convention on Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mountain City Fiddlers Convention amp oldid 1174065508, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
