Interview with McCormick Brothers

Partial Transcript: We're visiting today with the McCormick Brothers, one of the pioneering groups in the field of bluegrass music.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers, Kelly, Lloyd, Haskell, William, and Gerald McCormick, along with Dewel Bullington, are introduced. They each discuss when they were born, when they started playing music and the instruments they played, and when they joined the band. They talk about some of their early shows, just playing for community events.

Keywords: Band leaders; Banjo music (Bluegrass); Banjo players; Banjos; Bass; Bass players; Bassists; Cakewalks; Cars; Chord books; Clawhammer banjo style; Community events; Concerts; Conditions; Emcees; Family; Fathers; Fiddle music (Bluegrass); Fiddle players; Fiddlers; Fiddles; Gigs; Guitar music (Bluegrass); Guitar players; Guitars; Highways; Learning to play; Mandolin music (Bluegrass); Mandolin players; Mandolins; Money; Mothers; Payment; Recording; Salaries; Salary; Schoolhouses; Selling; Shady Acres Ranch (Radio program); Shows; Singing; The McCormick Brothers (Artist); Travel; Tuning; WHIN (Radio station); Wages

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Childhood; Country music.; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Travel.

Partial Transcript: Early on, when you guys were getting started as youngsters, there was a story involving a goat, wasn't there--(laughter)--

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers tell a story about raising and selling a goat, along with some strawberries they picked, to buy their first guitar.

Keywords: 1934; Farmhouses; Fences; Goats; Guitars; Pastures; Sears Roebuck; Selling; Sisters; Strawberries; Westmoreland (Tenn.)

Subjects: Childhood; Family farms; Musical families; Musical instruments.

Partial Transcript: You've made references to your parents earlier on.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers discuss some of their early musical influences and heroes. They talk about teaching themselves how to play music. They talk about how they learned to sing in harmony.

Keywords: Bailey Brothers (Artist); Banjo players; Banjos; Big Jeff Frolic (Radio program); Bill Monroe (Artist); Clawhammer banjo style; Delmore Brothers (Artist); Farmers; Fathers; Flatt, Lester (Artist); Harmony singing; Hatchet handles; How Will I Explain About You (Song); Jobs; Learning to play; Lester Flatt (Artist); Monroe, Bill (Artist); Osborne Brothers (Artist); Schools; Self-taught; Singers; Singing; Sisters

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Childhood; Country music.; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Instruction and study.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Records.; Songs.

Partial Transcript: I want to, uh, kind of go, uh, chronologically if we will...

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about their first public appearance in the 1930s. They talk about playing small community events around Tennessee and Kentucky. They talk about some of their first radio appearances through the 1940s. They talk about how much they were paid to play and how they also had day jobs at various times throughout their music careers.

Keywords: 1930s; 1937; 1945; 1965; Announcers; B. F. Meyers; Big Jeff Frolic (Radio program); Bowling Green (Ky.); Cakewalks; Community events; Day jobs; Factories; Farms; Fathers; Filming; Full-time jobs; Guitar players; Guitars; Hopkinsville (Ky.); Kentucky; Laying bricks; Mandolin players; Mandolins; Money; Payment; Percentage dates; Public appearances; Salaries; Salary; Schoolhouses; Sponsors; Square dances; Television; WHIN (Radio station); WHOP (Radio station); WLAC (Radio station); WLBJ (Radio station); Wages; World War II

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Travel.

Partial Transcript: Haskell, it's, it's, it's no secret, it's, uh--anybody that's studied the history of this music knows that you're one of the finest banjo players--

Segment Synopsis: Haskell McCormick talks about learning to play the banjo three-finger style. The McCormick Brothers talk about when they began transitioning from country music to bluegrass music.

Keywords: 1950; Banjo players; Banjos; Bill Monroe (Artist); Billy Clark (Artist); Changes; Charlie Nixon (Artist); Clark, Billy (Artist); Earl Scruggs (Artist); Effort; Electric guitars; Electric instruments; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Guitar players; Guitars; Influences; Learning by ear; Learning to play; Monroe, Bill (Artist); Musical styles; Nixon, Charlie (Artist); Records; Scruggs, Earl (Artist); Sound; Style; Three-finger roll; Three-­finger banjo style; Three­finger banjo style; Touring

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: We need to talk about the recordings, the early recordings.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about the first records they recorded, with Acme Records in Kentucky. They talk about how much they were paid and who played on the records, discussing people who were not members of the McCormick family.

Keywords: 1950; 78rpm records; Acme Records; Band members; Bass; Bass players; Bassists; Billy Clark (Artist); Booking; Charlie Nixon (Artist); Clark, Billy (Artist); Clark, Hayden (Artist); Dobro players; Dobros; Fiddle players; Fiddlers; Fiddles; Hayden Clark (Artist); Kentucky; Lap steel; Learning to play; Military service; Nixon, Charlie (Artist); Recording sessions; Royalties; WHIN (Radio station); WLBJ (Radio station)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: I guess where the McCormick Brothers really came into prominence with a, with a lot of people was through their recordings.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about the recording of the Hickory Records albums. They discuss their relationships with Fred Rose and Roy Acuff, as well as Ernest Tubb who recommended them to Acuff-Rose. They talk about recording one of their biggest hits, "Red Hen Boogie." They describe the recording process during the time when recordings had to be made in one take with no overdubbing. They talk about Wesley Rose's talent compared to his father, Fred Rose.

Keywords: Acuff, Roy (Artist); Acuff-Rose Music; Audio recording studios; Auditions; Benny Martin (Artist); Billy Goat Boogie (Song); Connections; Ernest Tubb (Artist); Established; Experience; Foley, Red (Artist); Fred Rose (Artist); Garages; Grandfathers; Hickory Records; Hits; Honesty; Louvin Brothers (Artist); Martin, Benny (Artist); Music industry; Overdubbing; Popularity; Pressure; Prominence; Publishing companies; Record labels; Recording sessions; Recording studios; Red Foley (Artist); Red Hen Boogie (Song); Regional; Rose, Fred (Artist); Rose, Wesley; Roy Acuff (Artist); Sales; Scared; Selling; Signed; Skills; Takes; Talent; Tubb, Ernest (Artist); Wesley Rose; Young

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Lyric writing (Popular music); Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Popular music--Writing and publishing.; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: This was something that--I hadn't planned on asking this but I think it's important to know this.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers discuss how their parents and grandparents felt about their music careers. They talk about how musicians were thought of in the community. They talk about how their mother felt about their fans. The younger brothers discuss how they felt about the band before they joined themselves.

Keywords: "Country people"; Brothers; Churches; Community; Fame; Family; Fan mail; Fans; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Grandparents; Hospitality; Impressions; Lazy; Mothers; Parents; Popularity; Proud; Reputations; Shuffle and Deal (Song); Support; Visitors; Washing cars; Westmoreland (Tenn.); Younger brothers

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Families.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Records.; Songs.

Partial Transcript: I wanted to ask you about some more of these records here.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about their relationships with their fans over the years. They talk about the advice Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff gave them about connecting with the audience while performing.

Keywords: Acuff, Roy (Artist); Advice; Band leaders; Communication; Credit; Emceeing; Emcees; Enjoyment; Ernest Tubb (Artist); Eye contact; Fans; Featured; Forgotten; Learning; Roy Acuff (Artist); Royalties; Showmanship; Singing; Stage presence; Tubb, Ernest (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: While you're, while you're talking--I want you to keep talking...

Segment Synopsis: Dewel Bullington talks about when he began playing music, how he met the McCormick Brothers, and how he came to join the band. They discuss other non-family band members. William McCormick talks about when he joined the band.

Keywords: 1950s; 1953; 1956; Bass; Bass players; Bassists; Billy Clark (Artist); Clark, Billy (Artist); Clark, Hayden (Artist); Clark, Mickey (Artist); Concerts; Dot Records; Fiddle players; Fiddlers; Fiddles; Gallatin (Tenn.); Gigs; Hayden Clark (Artist); Impressions; Joining; Meetings; Mickey Clark (Artist); Radio shows; Randy Wood (Artist); Shows; WHIN (Radio station); Wood, Randy (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.

Partial Transcript: Now when you were on, uh, the radio there in Gallatin, that, that was, uh--

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about their radio show on WHIN in Gallatin, Tennessee. They talk about receiving fan mail, their sponsors and pay, and the Western-style clothes they wore at the time.

Keywords: Advertisements; Bass players; Bassists; Boots; Concerts; Fan letters; Fan mail; Gallatin (Tenn.); Gigs; Live radio; Money; Payment; Requests; Salaries; Salary; Sandwiches; Shoe size; Shoes; Shows; Sponsors; WHIN (Radio station); Wages; Western clothes

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Travel.

Partial Transcript: People, people have forgotten what a sacrifice it was to, to, to play music--

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about the sacrifices musicians had to make in order to be successful.

Keywords: Attitudes; Bill Monroe (Artist); DJs; Deejays; Disc jockeys; Don Owens; Feelings; Identity; Monroe, Bill (Artist); Musical styles; Owens, Don; Sacrifices; Sound; Starving artists; Style; WARL (Radio station)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.

Partial Transcript: You remember--you talked about playing on the Ozark Jubilee.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about being on the Ozark Jubilee, the Grand Ole Opry, and other radio programs. They talk about booking shows, their sponsors and pay, traveling to various shows, and the exposure they gained by playing package shows.

Keywords: Advertisements; Benny Martin (Artist); Booking; Concerts; Connections; Crowds; Day jobs; Exposure; Fans; Fred Rose (Artist); Gigs; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Indiana; Knoxville (Tenn.); Martin, Benny (Artist); Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round (Radio program); Money; Ozark Jubilee (Radio program); Package shows; Payment; Porter Wagoner (Artist); Record agents; Rose, Fred (Artist); Salaries; Salary; Selling; Shows; Wages; Wagoner, Porter (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Travel.

Partial Transcript: And, uh, we was playing a show in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about their first impressions of Elvis Presley and the changes he caused in the music industry.

Keywords: Banjos; Careers; Cash, Johnny (Artist); Changes; Elvis Presley (Artist); Jerry Lee Lewis (Artist); Johnny Cash (Artist); Jones, Louis Marshall "Grandpa Jones" (Artist); Lewis, Jerry Lee (Artist); Louis Marshall "Grandpa Jones" Jones (Artist); Money; Musical styles; Payment; Popularity; Presley, Elvis (Artist); Rock 'n' roll; Salaries; Salary; Sound; Square dances; Style; Survival; Trends; Tupelo (Miss.); Wages

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: But would you believe, when we was on that tour, would you believe...

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers tell stories relating their relationships with fellow musicians including Johnny Cash and Bill Monroe, among others.

Keywords: Arnim LeRoy "Curly" Fox (Artist); Bill Monroe (Artist); Cash, Johnny (Artist); Fox, Arnim LeRoy "Curly" (Artist); Friendships; Goats; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Jesse McReynolds (Artist); Jim McReynolds (Artist); Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys (Artist); Johnny Cash (Artist); Marty Roberts (Artist); McReynolds, Jesse (Artist); McReynolds, Jim (Artist); Monroe, Bill (Artist); Relationships; Roberts, Marty (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass musicians; Musical families; Musical groups.

Partial Transcript: We were talking about the, uh, the package shows that you guys were on.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk more about the exposure they gained by playing package shows. They name specific artists they played with, including Lash LaRue, Art Carney, Conway Twitty, and Brenda Lee, among many others.

Keywords: Art Carney (Artist); Bill E. "Cousin Wilbur" Wesbrooks (Artist); Blondie Leatherman (Artist); Brenda Lee (Artist); Carlton Haney; Carnegie Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.); Carney, Art (Artist); Conway Twitty (Artist); Emerson, Lee (Artist); Emery, Ralph (Artist); Exposure; George Jones (Artist); Haney, Carlton; Jackson, Stonewall (Artist); Joe Maphis (Artist); Jones, George (Artist); LaRue, Lash (Artist); Lash LaRue (Artist); Leatherman, Blondie (Artist); Lee Emerson (Artist); Lee, Brenda (Artist); Maphis, Joe (Artist); Maphis, Rose Lee (Artist); Package shows; Ralph Emery (Artist); Rose Lee Maphis (Artist); Stonewall Jackson (Artist); Twitty, Conway (Artist); Wesbrooks, Bill E. "Cousin Wilbur" (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Travel.

Partial Transcript: You mentioned about the, um--uh, Ferland riding on your bus.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers tell several stories of driving while touring when the car's brakes stopped working.

Keywords: Automobiles; Brakes; Bridges; Buses; Cars; Driving

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass musicians; Music business; Musical families; Musical groups.; Travel.

Partial Transcript: Well, we--I know you talked or alluded to, uh, working on the Opry.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about when they began playing as guests on the Grand Ole Opry. They talk more about balancing their day jobs with their music careers. They talk more about showmanship and adapting their show to how the audience was responding.

Keywords: 1955; Adapting; Advice; Banjo players; Banjos; Clawhammer banjo style; Day jobs; Don Reno (Artist); Factories; Fathers; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Guests; Learning to play; Martha White Show; Moods; Pellettieri, Vito; Reno, Don (Artist); Shoe factory; Songs; Talent; Vito Pellettieri; WSIM (Radio station)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music business; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.

Partial Transcript: I want to talk about television.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers briefly mention when they began performing on television. Haskell speaks briefly about when he began playing with Lester Flatt after Earl Scruggs' car accident.

Keywords: 1960s; Car accidents; Curly Seckler (Artist); Earl Scruggs (Artist); Eddie Hill (Artist); Flatt and Scruggs (Artist); Flatt, Lester (Artist); Hill, Eddie (Artist); Lester Flatt (Artist); Nashville (Tenn.); Ozark Jubilee (Radio program); Ozark Jubilee (Television program); Rehearsals; Scruggs, Earl (Artist); Seckler, Curly (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music business; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Television

Partial Transcript: I want to get back and I want to talk about these records.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk more about writing and recording records with publishing company Acuff-Rose. They talk about who played on each record, describe the songwriting and recording process, and talk about songs written by the Acuff-Rose publishing company. They talk about royalties, copyrights, and using unique tunings and sounds on their records.

Keywords: Acuff-Rose Music; Al Terry (Artist); Banjo players; Banjos; Bass players; Bassists; Benny Martin (Artist); Bugle Call Rag (Song); Copyrights; Different; Earl Scruggs (Artist); Editing; Hank Williams (Artist); Hickory Records; Interchange; Inventions; Martin, Benny (Artist); Movies; Publishers; Publishing; Recording studios; Royalties; Scruggs, Earl (Artist); Shuffle and Deal (Song); Song lyrics; Songwriters; Songwriting; Sounds; Terry, Al (Artist); Tunes; Tuning; Williams, Hank (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Lyric writing (Popular music); Music business; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Popular music--Writing and publishing.; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: Now here's a tune written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about other recordings they made throughout their careers. They talk about other artists and songwriters they worked with, how they were paid, and who got credit for certain songs.

Keywords: 1969; Atkins, Chet (Artist); Bernard Spurlock (Artist); Bill Walker (Artist); Boudleaux Bryant (Artist); Bradley, Owen (Artist); Bryant, Boudleaux (Artist); Bryant, Felice (Artist); Chet Atkins (Artist); Credit; Crossovers; David Watkins (Artist); Felice Bryant (Artist); Grass Meets Brass (Album); Inspiration; Jingles; Louvin Brothers (Artist); Marty Roberts (Artist); Money; Nervous; Owen Bradley (Artist); Payment; Roberts, Marty (Artist); Salaries; Salary; Spurlock, Bernard (Artist); Wages; Walker, Bill (Artist); Washington Monument; Watkins, David (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: You said this earlier Gerald, but we're talking about the 1960s.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about how their families were affected by their music career, naming their wives, children, and grandchildren.

Keywords: 1960s; Buses; Children; Driving; Family; Family life; Gone; Grandchildren; Guitar players; Guitars; Home; Married; Part-time; Unmarried; Wife; Wives

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Families.; Music business; Music--Performance.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Travel.

Partial Transcript: We were talking earlier about influences on people musically.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk more about their musical influences and heroes.

Keywords: Benny Martin (Artist); Chubby Wise (Artist); Fiddle players; Fiddlers; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Influences; Learning to play; Martin, Benny (Artist); Musical heroes; Relationships; Teaching; Television; Wise, Chubby (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing

Partial Transcript: I wanted to ask you, Haskell, uh, you gained a lot of notoriety working with Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass.

Segment Synopsis: Haskell McCormick talks more about working with Lester Flatt, this time after Flatt and Scruggs had broken up. He describes other members in the band at that time.

Keywords: Children; Flatt, Lester (Artist); Full-time musicians; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Hired; Jordan, Vic (Artist); Kids; Lester Flatt (Artist); Marty Stuart (Artist); Nashville Grass (Artist); Paul Warren (Artist); Stuart, Marty (Artist); Tempo; Vic Jordan (Artist); Warren, Paul (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music business; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical groups.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: You were talking about Curly Seckler earlier.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about Curly Seckler and other non-family members who were in the band over the years.

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Keywords: Bass players; Bassists; Charlie Smith (Artist); Curly Seckler (Artist); Day jobs; Fiddle players; Fiddlers; Flatt, Lester (Artist); Guitar players; Guitars; Huskey Jr., Roy (Artist); Huskey, Junior (Artist); Huskey, Roy “Junior” (Artist); Idols; Junior Huskey (Artist); Lester Flatt (Artist); Mandolin players; Mandolins; Milk trucks; Roy "Junior" Huskey (Artist); Roy Huskey Jr. (Artist); Seckler, Curly (Artist); Slap bass; Smith, Charlie (Artist)

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance

Partial Transcript: Now the McCormick Brothers today really aren't playing much music.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers talk about their current lives, when they stopped performing, and what they miss about playing music.

Keywords: 2004; Art; Booking; Churches; Crowds; Decline; Fans; Following; Relationships; Reunion shows

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Music audiences; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical performance; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.

Partial Transcript: We're at the home of Gerald McCormick today in, uh, Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

Segment Synopsis: The McCormick Brothers display and describe various pieces of memorabilia from their music careers including show fliers, photographs, records, clothing, and more. The interview is concluded.

Keywords: Acuff-Rose Music; Admission; Albums; Arthur Godfrey Show; Awards; Banjos; Billboard Magazine; Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame; Boots; C & W Jamboree; Cash, Johnny (Artist); Cashbox Magazine; Chicken cackling; Children's books; Clothes; Collections; Contracts; Deejays; Disc jockeys; Fiddles; Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Hickory Records; Johnny Cash (Artist); Keepsakes; Kentucky Colonels ties; Memorabilia; Money; Murray Nash; Nash, Murray; Payment; Photographs; Pictures; Plaid coats; Promotional fliers; Recording contracts; Red Hen Boogie (Song); Salaries; Salary; Shoes; Sound effects; Wages

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Country music.; Lyric writing (Popular music); Music audiences; Music business; Music--Economic aspects.; Music--Instruction and study.; Music--Performance.; Musical ability.; Musical families; Musical groups.; Musical instruments.; Musical performance; Popular music--Writing and publishing.; Radio programs.; Radio stations.; Records.; Songs.; Sound recordings.; Sound--Recording and reproducing; Travel.