Pickin' on Peachtree

"But for a few twists of fate, Atlanta could easily have grown to be the recording center that Nashville is today. Pickin' on Peachtree traces Atlanta's emergence in the 1920s as a major force in country recording and radio broadcasting, a position of dominance it enjoyed for some forty years. From the Old Time Fiddlers' Conventions and barn dances through the rise of station WSB and other key radio outlets, Wayne W. Daniel thoroughly documents the consolidation of country music as big business in Atlanta. He also profiles a vast array of performers, radio personalities, and recording moguls who transformed the Peachtree city into the nerve center of early country music."

Preface

xi

Introduction

1

(14)

The Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Conventions, 1913--35

15

(30)

The Early Days of Radio, 1922--29

45

(22)

Atlanta---A Regional Recording Center

67

(20)

Four Pioneers

87

(22)

Radio in the Early 1930s

109

(18)

The ``Cross Roads Follies,'' 1936--40

127

(25)

Hillbilly Music on Atlanta's Smaller Radio Stations, 1925--50

152

(20)

The ``WSB Barn Dance,'' 1940--50

172

(33)

The Demise of Live Radio, the Birth of Television, and Beyond, 1948--

205

(32)

Notes and Suggested Readings

237

(34)

Appendix: A Selected Discography of Long-Play Albums

271

(2)

Index

273

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