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— Appalachia Heritage and Harmony /.y JEFF PLACE Heritage and Harmo. Jeff Place has run tl Rinzler Folklife ArcH Collections at the Si since 1988. He is Gramnny-winning g 25 compact disc: folk music for Sr Folkways Record irogram, iaiph s and :hsonian wo-time iucer of in III-. I'lnuon lUOM UIY 2002 i:'Sa!-^ f.r^!:^.-:'.r mi.Y 2003 has Deen declared by Congress the "Year of Appalachia." The year also marks the 75th anniversary of the historically important Victor recording sessions held in Bristol, Tennessee, in 1927. A small museum in Bristol administered by the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance (BCMA) a non-profit group run by country music enthusiasts and supporters of Appalacliian music that is also an affiUate of the Smithsonian approached the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage with a proposal to mount a Folkhfe Festival program in 2003 celebrating Appalachian culture. The year began with a series of regional concerts in Appalachia and now culminates with the Appalachict: Heritage and Harmony program on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Smithsonian staff worked closely with scholars and experts in the Appalachian region to help us tell their story, to discover what qualities in the region have made it such a hotbed of musical creativity and cooperation. Especially important in this process have been the staff of the BCMA and the Center for Appalacliian Studies at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. We also reUed on volunteers from other regional institutions—music scholars, musicians,
and experts on~^P|||||ffilm culture—and we thank them for contributions of time and knowledge. their Although it was not the first time country music had been recorded for commercial distribution, the 1927 Bristol Sessions are considered the "big bang" that kicked off the country music industry. These were the first recordings of the original Carter Family and the singing brakeman, Jimmie Rodgers, the two most important early country music stars. They began what has now become a multibiUion-dollar business. For this reason the area around Bristol, Virginia/ Tennessee, has been referred to as "the Birthplace of Country Music." (For more on the Bristol Sessions see page 18.) The program Appalachia: Heritage and Harmony focuses on the region within a hundred miles of Bristol, although certainly important music was and still is being made in the other parts of Appalachia. What forces converged in this one area of the United States to produce tliis music? There were various factors: isolation, strength of family, a strong religious faith, a feeling of community, and a sense of innovation. People come together musically at various social settings—home, church, festivals. One can find local stores where people gather to "jam" on weekends; the store in Floyd, Appalachia: Heritage and Harmony is produced in collaboration with the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance and the Center for Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University. Major contributions are provided by the Recording Industries Music Performance Trust Funds, the National Endowment for the Arts, King Pharmaceuticals, the Norfolk Southern Foundation, Tennessee Tourism, and the West Virginia Division of Tourism. Additional support is provided by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Virginia Foundation for Humanities, Eastman Chemical, and The United Company.
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