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Inside the Vault

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New Perspectives of Knox Music History Emerge on Newman Wise’s Home Recordings

In Inside the Vault by Eric DawsonMarch 29, 2017leave a COMMENT

About a year ago, a few weeks before the Knoxville Stomp festival, I wrote about Newman Wise, a local fiddler who recorded two 78 rpm sides with the Wise String …

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A Collector’s Singular Obsession With Local TV and Radio

In Inside the Vault by Eric DawsonFebruary 22, 2017leave a COMMENT

I recently received a Facebook message from a former coworker, Dave Phillips, who told me his father, Mack, was cleaning out a house that had a lot of records, some of …

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Vintage Vacation Films From TAMIS Support the Gatlinburg Recovery Effort

In Inside the Vault, Movies & TV by Eric DawsonJanuary 11, 2017leave a COMMENT

Along with Christmas and trips to the beach, films of the Smoky Mountains and Gatlinburg are probably the most common footage found in the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and …

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Acetate Records From the 1940s and ’50s Turn Up Some Unexpected History

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonDecember 14, 2016leave a COMMENT

Acetate discs have been around since the 1930s. They were a relatively inexpensive and easy way to record before magnetic tape was invented. A thin sheet of cardboard, glass, or …

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TAMIS Gets a Rare Glimpse of Troubled Country Songwriter Arthur Q. Smith

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonNovember 30, 2016leave a COMMENT

Arthur Q. Smith: The Trouble With the Truth is a new two-CD set from the German reissue label Bear Family that focuses on the little-known Knoxville songwriter Arthur Q. Smith. …

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