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Eric Dawson, Author at The Knoxville Mercury
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Looking back and looking forward with the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound

In Inside the Vault by Eric DawsonJuly 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

I hate to see the Mercury go. There are a lot of reasons to lament its passing, and though perhaps not particularly high on the list in its importance to this …

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The Life and Times of Carl Bean and the Big Valley Music Barn

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonJune 21, 2017leave a COMMENT

When the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound began collecting artifacts, photos, and documents that might be used in the book accompanying Bear Family’s Knoxville Sessions 1929-1930: Knoxville Stomp …

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The True Story of Knoxville’s True Tones

In Inside the Vault by Eric DawsonMay 24, 2017leave a COMMENT

There’s a great single at the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound by a Knoxville band called the True Tones, released on Johnson City’s Spot Records in 1964. As …

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A Vintage Recording Reveals a Swinging 1937 Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonApril 26, 2017leave a COMMENT

WNOX’s Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round, which aired from 1936 to 1961, was a pivotal program in the history of country music. Wildly popular throughout East Tennessee and bordering states, the show’s legacy …

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The Music of Knox Country-Rock Band Rich Mountain Tower Resurfaces 40 Years Later

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonApril 13, 2017leave a COMMENT

I’m constantly surprised where Knoxville musicians turn up on the Internet. Looking for a copy of the 1969 album by Freddy Fender’s acid-rock group Satan and Deciples [sic] on the …

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