Roy Claxton Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, in the year of Our Lord 1903, to Ida and Simon E. Neill Acuff, he was the third of five children. The Acuffs were a fairly prominent Union County family. Roys paternal grandfather, Coram Acuff, had been a Tennessee state senator, and Roys maternal grandfather was a local physician. Roys father was an accomplished fiddler and a Baptist preacher, his mother was proficient on the piano, and during Roys early years the Acuff house was a popular place for local gatherings. At such gatherings, Roy would often amuse people by balancing farm tools on his chin. He also learned to play harmonica and jaw harp at a young age. Roy Acuff aka The King Of Country would have been 110 years old today. Happy Birthday Roy, you are greatly missed. Thank you for all you did to make Country what it is today, see you when I am called to ride The Great Speckled Bird to the other side---so tell me am I right. that the Good Lord gave you a mansion, when you ask.....
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:23:18 +0000
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