According to a sticker inside the fiddle, the fiddle was made for Roy Acuff by his uncle, Evart Acuff, in Maryville, Tennessee, in 1945. The Mountain Music Museum learned about it, through media ...

Acuff, whose unique voice made him stand out among his peers, will be honored by his alma mater at 6 p.m. May 20. The Bobcat Ambassadors, a group of about 35 of Central’s best and brightest, are ...

In 1942, Roy Acuff set up Acuff-Rose Music in partnership with Nashville-based songwriter and talent scout Fred Rose. The new publishing company was dedicated to treating songwriters decently. They ...

It certainly wasn’t God who was performing in the “gigantic fireproof tent,” but according to Hank Williams Sr., it was the next best thing.

KINGSPORT — A rare fiddle, once owned by the late country music legend Roy Acuff, will be unveiled at the Mountain Music Museum on Tuesday, May 1. Members of the ...

Roy Acuff (1903–1992) was a musical giant and, in the title of a 1962 album, dubbed “The King of Country Music”. He was famous, from 1938 a long-time star of the Grand Ole Opry, a mean fiddler and ...