If you’ve watched community television in any city, you might have an image of what a typical CTV show looks like. Maybe a talk show of the type parodied by …
The Knoxville Film Fest Premieres New Doc About Pappy “Gube” Beaver
The last few years have seen a revival of interest in Pappy “Gube” Beaver. He’d been written about plenty before, featured in several Bert Vincent News Sentinel columns in the …
Jack Haynes Recalls Knoxville’s Booming Mid-Century Jazz Scene
In the basement of Murlin’s Music World in downtown Maryville, Jack Haynes offers music lessons in a room packed with records, instruments, posters, and memorabilia from his long career in …
The Great Raid: Mocking Knox County’s Mid-Century Liquor Laws
Recently, TAMIS got a call from Joe Graziano, saying he had a record we might be interested in. Was he ever right. “The Great Raids During the Reign of Buford …
More Unexpected Finds From Archie Campbell’s Collection
In the previous column, I wrote about how much Archie Campbell material has entered the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. By coincidence, Archie’s estate sale was held just …