Front:
RENFRO
VALLEY, KENTUCKY
OF RENTE
OASWEALTI
RENFRO VALLEY, KENTUCKY
RENFRO VALLEY, KENTUCKY
Among those who started their
careers here are Red Foley, Homer
and Jethro, Lily May and The Coon
Creek Girls, Old Joe Clark, Merle
Travis and numerous others. John
Lair, producer of Renfro Valley
broadcasts, took grouß representing
American country music to a White
House party Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt
gave in honor of the King and Queen
of England when they visited U. S.
From Renfro Valley in November of
1939 originated the first series
of
radio broadcasts almed at
preserving the customs, culture
and music of ploneer America. The
Renfro Valley Barn Dance and
Sunday Morning Gatherin' carrled
by network radio, consisted of
local people and unknowns who
later became nationally prominent
in country music.
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NIUCEY
NUCE
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Back:
Country Music Center
Marker erected by the commonwealth of Kentucky
in recognition of Rentro Valley's outstanding contribu-
tion to the State's attractions - Renfro Valley, Ky.
42449-D
Photo by & Published by Glenn Durham, Box 388, Harlan, KY.
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