March 22, 1952(1952-03-22) (aged 81) Murfreesboro, Tennessee US
Genres
Old-time music
Occupation(s)
Musician
singer
songwriter
comedian
Instrument(s)
Banjo, vocals
Years active
1880s–1952
Formerly of
Fruit Jar Drinkers
Musical artist
David Harrison Macon (October 7, 1870 – March 22, 1952), known professionally as Uncle Dave Macon, was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Known as "The Dixie Dewdrop", Macon was known for his chin whiskers, plug hat, gold teeth, and gates-ajar collar; he gained regional fame as a vaudeville performer in the early 1920s before becoming the first star of the Grand Ole Opry in the latter half of the decade.
Macon's music is considered the ultimate bridge between 19th-century American folk and vaudeville music and the phonograph and radio-based music of the early 20th-century. Music historian Charles Wolfe wrote, "If people call yodelling Jimmie Rodgers 'the father of country music,' then Uncle Dave must certainly be 'the grandfather of country music'."[1] Macon's polished stage presence and lively personality have made him one of the most enduring figures of early country music.[2]
Monument composed of bricks from Macon's birthplace
^Heartaches By the Number, Cantwell, David & Friskics-Warren, Bill, Vanderbilt University Press, 2003, pg. 70
David Harrison Macon (October 7, 1870 – March 22, 1952), known professionally as UncleDaveMacon, was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter...
The UncleDaveMacon House is a historic house in Readyville, Tennessee, U.S.. It was built as a log cabin in 1843. It was purchased by country music performer...
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by Troy on the washboard. Major musical influence is attributed to UncleDaveMacon and others taught by him. Troy debuted on the Grand Ole Opry in 1988...
the Possum Hunters (with Humphrey Bate), the Fruit Jar Drinkers with UncleDaveMacon, the Crook Brothers, the Binkley Brothers' Dixie Clodhoppers, Sid Harkreader...
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Carter. Her mother was a country music performer with June's Aunt Sara and Uncle AP Carter and she performed with the Carter Family from the age of 10, in...
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early member of the Grand Ole Opry, at first accompanying banjoist UncleDaveMacon and later performing on the program with his own band. In the 1940s...
Association each May. For over 30 years, UncleDaveMacon Days has celebrated the musical tradition of UncleDaveMacon. This annual July event includes national...
In January 1935, Grand Ole Opry artists the Delmore Brothers and UncleDaveMacon stopped on their way to New Orleans to visit Rodgers' brother Talmage...
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the Grand Ole Opry, who first spied the group at the Nashville-area UncleDaveMacon Days festival and added them to his "Electric Barnyard old-fashioned...
from the Nashville area, namely Humphrey Bate, Sid Harkreader, and UncleDaveMacon. Realizing the popularity of old-time music, WSM hired George D. Hay...
he met his future wife Hilda Macon, the daughter of an Army master sergeant and the great-granddaughter of UncleDaveMacon. The couple married two years...
country music, with recordings by such artists as Fiddlin' John Carson, UncleDaveMacon, Pete Seeger, and Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers. The song regained...
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States. It was recorded in 1927 by banjo player and singing entertainer UncleDaveMacon, an early Grand Ole Opry star. The song was later included on the Smithsonian...
artists were Riley Puckett, Don Richardson, Fiddlin' John Carson, UncleDaveMacon, Al Hopkins, Ernest V. Stoneman, Blind Alfred Reed, Charlie Poole and...
Kentucky Girl. Lynn's first self-penned song to crack the Top 10, 1966's "Dear Uncle Sam", was among the first recordings to recount the human costs of the Vietnam...
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