Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2012.35.13

Description

B&W photograph, left to right: Roy Acuff, (Tennessee senator) Jim Sasser, (West Virginia senator) Robert Byrd bowing fiddle, and other unidentified people in background, bottom front right corner marked "WSM/ PHOTOGRAPH BY/ LES LEVERETT, reverse stamped "MAR 3 1979/ WSM PHOTO/ by Les Leverett, 7" x 10", 3/3/1979. Long-serving West Virginia Senator Byrd was a competent and respected fiddler who knew a surprisingly wide array of fiddle tunes, country songs and Bluegrass pieces, The senator received a considerable amount of publicity after the release of a CD as an honored guest of Roy Acuff on the Grand Ole Opry among other appearances and interviews.

Made/Created

Artist

Leverett, Les

Date made

Mar 3, 1979

Place

Location

Grand Ole Opry

City

Nashville

Region

Middle Tennessee

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 7"h x 10"w