Uncle Dave Macon

Uncle Dave Macon Days, the popular two-day bluegrass, old time, and roots festival in Murfreesboro, TN, has announced a new location for the 2022 event. Roots music lovers in middle Tennessee have looked towards Uncle Dave Macon Days as the official

Now that we are entering into what should have been the bluegrass festival season, many of the destination events we had been looking so much forward to are offering a taste of what we''ll be missing online. It's a great

Balsam Range has been announced as the recipient of the 2019 Heritage Award from the Uncle Dave Macon Days festival in Murfreesboro, TN. Each year the festival chooses one of the acts booked for the show to receive this honor, conveyed

Uncle Dave Macon is a country music icon and the first major superstar of the Grand Ole Opry. He was the first country music star to become an Opry member while successful on tour and in the recording studio. He

One of early Country music’s most flamboyant characters was Uncle Dave Macon, born David Harrison Macon, but better-known as "The Dixie Dewdrop." Known for his chin whiskers, plug hat, gold teeth and gates-ajar collar - old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter and

Russell Moore, band leader and primary vocalist with IIIrd Tyme Out has been announced as the recipient of the 2017 Heritage Award from the Uncle Dave Macon Days festival in Murfreesboro, TN. Each year the festival honors a member of the

This July at the Uncle Dave Macon Days festival in Murphreesboro, TN, two fabulous banjo players will receive awards for their lifetime contributions to the instrument. Macon, of course, was the legendary entertainer who used frailing banjo to accompany himself during

When you hear "Dave" and "Top 10" in the same sentence, most Americans immediately think of late night TV. Precious few of us would think... Uncle Dave Macon. But that is exactly what The Murfreesboro Post did, publishing The Top 10

The Murfreesboro Post in Tennessee had a story on Monday announcing Jesse McReynolds as the recipient of the Uncle Dave Macon Heritage Award for 2007. This honor is given annually in the memory of the great Uncle Dave, with past