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- Portrait of Fiddler Cooney Perdue, 1926 - Kentuckian Cooney Perdue earned a reputation as a skilled old-time fiddler. In the 1920s, Henry Ford encouraged a revival of the 19th-century fiddle tunes and folk dances he enjoyed as a young man. Perdue did well enough at a fiddling contest sponsored by a Ford dealer in Louisville, Kentucky, to win a trip to Detroit in 1926.
- January 20, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Fiddler Cooney Perdue, 1926
Kentuckian Cooney Perdue earned a reputation as a skilled old-time fiddler. In the 1920s, Henry Ford encouraged a revival of the 19th-century fiddle tunes and folk dances he enjoyed as a young man. Perdue did well enough at a fiddling contest sponsored by a Ford dealer in Louisville, Kentucky, to win a trip to Detroit in 1926.
- Portrait of Fiddler "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson, January 1926 - Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson began playing fiddle as a boy in Texas. Later in life he competed in fiddling contests, including one sponsored by a Kentucky Ford dealer in 1926. Thompson's most notable performance was in Nashville on November 28, 1925, when he became the first artist featured on WSM radio's <em>Barn Dance</em> -- soon renamed the <em>Grand Ole Opry</em>.
- January 20, 1926
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Fiddler "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson, January 1926
Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson began playing fiddle as a boy in Texas. Later in life he competed in fiddling contests, including one sponsored by a Kentucky Ford dealer in 1926. Thompson's most notable performance was in Nashville on November 28, 1925, when he became the first artist featured on WSM radio's Barn Dance -- soon renamed the Grand Ole Opry.