Before the rise of Nashville, Charlotte ranked as one of the key radio and recording centers for the new genre of country music.

In 1985 the Folklife Section of the NC Arts Council teamed with Spirit Square Arts Center in Charlotte to put together a reunion of musicians active in the Queen City during the 1920s - 40s.

Thanks to project leader George Holt, Della Coulter, Tom Hanchett, Mary Anne McDonald, Paul Hultberg, concert MC George Hamilton IV and many others. This website, based on the booklet published in 1985, is created by Carol Sawyer with Kathy Crowe and Tom Hanchett.

Check out the musicians who took part in the Charlotte Country Music Story concerts:

• Briarhoppers and Charles Crutchfield
• Joe and Janette Carter
• Claude Casey
• Tommy Faile
• George Hamilton IV
• Snuffy Jenkins and Homer "Pappy" Sherrill
• Johnson Family Singers and Betty Johnson
• Fred Kirby
• Roy Lear
• Wade Mainer
• Bill Monroe
• Zeke and Wiley Morris
• Sam Poplin
• Red Clay Ramblers
• Arthur Smith
• Tennessee Ramblers with Cecil Campbell and Harry Blair


• Charlotte/Rock Hill Recordings available on CD (36 page pdf)

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