The Bristol Sessions

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  1. Ernest Phipps & His Holiness Quartet,
  2. Ernest V. Stoneman,
  3. The Carter Family,
  4. El Watson,
  5. Alfred G. Karnes
Johnny Cash called the Bristol sessions of 1927 "the most important event in the history of country music." This open-mike recording session for Appalachia's "hillbilly" musicians was the commercial debut of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.
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