Bristol sessions
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title:
Bristol sessions
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The Bristol Sessions were a series of recording sessions held in 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee, considered by some as the "Big Bang" of modern country music. The recordings were made by Victor Talking Machine Company producer Ralph Peer. Bristol was one of the stops on a two-month, $60,000 trip that took Peer through several major southern cities and yielded important recordings of blues, ragtime, gospel, ballads, topical songs, and string bands. The Bristol Sessions marked the commercial debuts of
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1927 gathering and recording of country music stars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_sessions
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2023-11-24T02:06:45Z
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