Kincaid, Bradley

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A Garrard County, Kentucky, native, Bradley Kincaid was a 1921 graduate of Berea College Academy (high school). Work for the YMCA after leaving Berea led to his attending Chicago's YMCA College (now George Williams College). An interest in collecting folk songs fostered at Berea and singing with a college quartet in Chicago led to guest appearances on the WLS National Barn Dance. His singing style and repertoire of traditional songs were so well received that in 1928 he became a regular performer on that program and became known as the "Kentucky Mountain Boy." He published 13 songbooks, made numerous commercial recordings, and appeared on major radio stations in the midwest and northeast throughout the 1930's and into the 1940's. From 1942-1947 he was a regular on WSM's Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Upon leaving WSM, he entered the radio station and music store business in Springfield, Ohio, where he eventually retired.

From the description of Papers, 1961-1989. (Berea College). WorldCat record id: 50140840

Country music performer. Born July 13, 1895. Died September 23, 1989. Known as the Kentucky Mountain Boy. Popular radio performer. Started his career as a radio performer in the late 1920s on the WLS National Barn Dance. While at WLS he published the first of his thirteen songbooks. Worked successfully as a radio performer for several stations, including WLW Cincinnati and WSM Nashville. His last major radio work was on the Grand Ole Opry during the mid-1940s. Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

From the description of Oral history interview with Bradley Kincaid; 1967 November 2; interview conducted by Dorothy Gable. 1967 Nov. 2. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841243

From the description of Oral history interview with Bradley Kincaid; 1974 July 10; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. 1974 July 10. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58841026

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referencedIn Green, Archie. Archie Green papers, 1944-2009. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Kincaid, Bradley;. Oral history interview with Bradley Kincaid; 1974 July 10; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
referencedIn Green, Archie. Collection, n.d. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
creatorOf Braun Research Library (Los Angeles, Calif.). Sheet Music Collection, 1898-1970 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. The Autry Museum of the American West, Autry Library and Braun Research Library
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection artist name files, 1940-2005 (artists D-K). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Hull, Robert Fulton, 1943-. Robert F. Hull, Jr., collection, 1929-1967. East Tennessee State University, TET
referencedIn Kincaid, Bradley;. Oral history interview with Bradley Kincaid; 1967 November 2; interview conducted by Dorothy Gable. Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
referencedIn Kincaid, Bradley;. Oral history interview with Bradley Kincaid; 1974 July 10; interview conducted by Douglas B. Green. Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
creatorOf Kincaid, Bradley. Papers, 1961-1989. Berea College, Hutchins Library
referencedIn Meade, Guthrie T., 1932-1991. Guthrie T. Meade collection, 1817-1991. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Newcomb, Mary, 1895-1949?. Mary Newcomb Collection, 1901-1935 1930-1935 The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Kincaid, Bradley;. Oral history interview with Bradley Kincaid; 1967 November 2; interview conducted by Dorothy Gable. Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center
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associatedWith Green, Archie. person
associatedWith Green, Douglas B.; person
associatedWith Hull, Robert Fulton, 1943- person
associatedWith Kincaid, Bradley. person
associatedWith Meade, Guthrie T., 1932-1991. person
associatedWith Newcomb, Mary, 1895-1949? person
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United States--Appalachian Region
United States--Kentucky
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Country music
Country musicians
Country musicians
Folk music
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Birth 1895-07-13

Death 1989-09-23

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