Oral history interview with Lavonne Smith Brown and Billy Smith; 1987 May 14; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1987 May 14.

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Oral history interview with Lavonne Smith Brown and Billy Smith; 1987 May 14; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1987 May 14.

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Lavonne Smith Brown, daughter of country music pioneer Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, talks about her father's career and her own involvement in country music. Discussion includes how her father learned to play the fiddle; childhood memories; her father as a musician; fiddle contests during the early 1930s; traveling as a professional musician with her father's band, the Dixieliners; experiences working on the Opry; her father's fiddle style; her impressions of Judge Hay; her father's Hollywood career; and her father's death.

2 sound cassettes (2 hours, 5 minutes)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771933

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Smith, Billy A.

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Smith, Arthur, 1898-1971

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Rumble, John Woodruff

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Brown, Lavonne Smith;

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Daughter of country music pioneer, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. Born February 20, 1916. Grand Ole Opry performer during the 1930s with her father's band, the Dixieliners. From the description of Oral history interview with Lavonne Smith Brown and Billy Smith; 1987 May 14; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1987 May 14. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center). WorldCat record id: 58840829 Daughter of legendary country music pioneer, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith. Born Fe...