Last week, Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound archivist Bradley Reeves and I paid a visit to Joy King at her South Knoxville home, which her family built in …
Shootout on Scott: The Gunfight That Haunted “Little Robert” Van Winkle
Continued from last week. In the early 1950s, Robert Van Winkle, who performed as Little Robert, was making a good living as a radio entertainer and country musician in Knoxville. …
The Forgotten Career of Country-Music Journeyman “Little Robert” Van Winkle
Not too many people remember country-music entertainer Robert Van Winkle today—Google his name and you’ll get the other Robert Van Winkle—but he’s mentioned in the biographies of Roy Acuff, Chet …
Rediscovering the Popular ’60s Knoxville Cover Band the Redcoats
A few weeks ago, an interesting piece of film footage turned up at the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. Opening on a close-up of a bass drum emblazoned with …
Veteran Broadcaster Jack Wiedemann Remembers the Golden Age of Knoxville TV
When TAMIS donor Joe Longmire brought in a collection of home movies recently, there was a surprise at the bottom of his bag full of films: reel-to-reel tapes containing the …