The early phonograph industry cashed in on recordings they made of many of the Vaudeville performers who were then trouping around the country. Comedy teams, "Coon" Shouters, Ragtime piano players, and every type of novelty you can imagine - on this episode you will hear some of Vaudevilles...

The Bristol Sessions were a series of recording sessions held in 1927 in BRISTOL, TENNESSEE considered by some as the "Big Bang" of Country Music The recordings were made by  Victor Records producer Ralph Peer . Bristol was one of the stops on a two-month, $60,000 trip that took Peer through...