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    • Oct 2, 1928
    DeFord Bailey records "John Henry" for Victor in Nashville under the guidance of producer Ralph Peer
    Oct 3, 1928
    The Grand Ole Opry's Theron Hale & His Daughters record for the first time, under the guidance of producer Ralph Peer in Nashville
    Oct 5, 1928
    Grand Ole Opry act The Crook Brothers' String Band records for the first time, with producer Ralph Peer at the helm, in Nashville
    Oct 14, 1928
    The Carolina Tar Heels, featuring Clarence "Tom" Ashley, record "Peg And Awl" in Atlanta, Georgia. It's among the more than 80 seminal roots recordings featured on the acclaimed 1952 collection "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Oct 20, 1928
    Jimmie Rodgers records "Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)" and "My Carolina Sunshine Girl" in Atlanta, Georgia
    Oct 22, 1928
    Jimmie Rodgers records his best-selling record, "Waiting For A Train," plus "I'm Lonely And Blue" in Atlanta
    Oct 31, 1928
    The Stoneman Family records "The Spanish Merchant's Daughter" in Bristol, Tennessee. The track is featured on the Smithsonian Institute's influential album "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Jan 19, 1929
    Emmett Miller records "Right Or Wrong" in a New York City studio. The song will become a western swing standard for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys and a 1984 country hit for George Strait
    Mar 14, 1929
    The Carter Family records "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," "Sweet Fern" and "Little Moses" in Camden, New Jersey, at the Victor Studio. The former song's melody provides a blueprint for "The Wild Side Of Life" and "Great Speckled Bird"
    Mar 15, 1929
    The Carter Family records "The Foggy Mountain Top" and "Engine One-Forty-Three" at the Victor Recording Studio in Camden, New Jersey. The former inspires the name of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' bluegrass band, The Foggy Mountain Boys



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