Folks....here are the details of our appearance at the Palace Theatre on June 6th for the Tennessee Archives of Moving Images and Sound....please get your tickets early...because of limited seating (less than 200 seats!!) You are going to LOVE this production!!
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The Historic Palace Theatre
113 West Broadway, Maryville, TN
Saturday, June 6, 2009
7 pm -10 pm
Admission: $10.00 minimum donation per person
An Evening with Cas Walker and Friends
A Special Benefit Performance for the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
What do local East Tennessee music legends the Randolph Family, Phil Campbell (son of Nashville Great, Archie "Grandpappy" Campbell), Pappy “Gube” Beaver, David West and the Cider Mountain Boys, Luke Brandon, and the Sisters of the Silver Sage have in common? All of them were directly influenced or supported in some way or another by Knoxville grocery store kingpin and country music promoter Cas Walker!
Join the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound for a special fundraising benefit show dedicated to the legacy of one of East Tennessee’s own, the legendary Cas Walker!
Cas Walker wore many hats; grocer, politician, and long-time radio and television variety show host. Each job was done in Walker’s unique tell-it-like-it-is style. Love him or hate him, Walker was a major force in Knoxville business and politics, and gave hundreds of area musicians a break on his long-running Cas Walker Farm and Home television program. Recently discovered film clips and rare video from Walker’s long-unavailable local television program give testimony as to why Cas Walker’s legacy endures almost a decade after his death. Featured are vintage commercials, musical guest spots (look for a young Dolly Parton!) and bloopers from Walker’s surviving television programs. As an added bonus, TAMIS will be screening hilarious and previously lost Cas Walker television advertisements from the 1950s, unseen for over five decades. These vintage commercials feature the likes of Fred E Smith, Red Rector, and other well-known local entertainers.
Rounding out the program will be live country, bluegrass, and gospel musical performances from local musicians who played for Cas on his radio and television programs from the 1940s until the 1980s. Scheduled to perform are Cas Walker impersonator John Hitch (of local “Mayberry” fame), and wife Ruby, Luke Brandon, comedian Phil Campbell, western swing artists Sisters of the Silver Sage, Chet Atkins-style guitar picker Larry Oldham, Rita Cianciola, 90 year old Pappy “Gube” Beaver” (sponsored by Walker on WROL Radio in the 1940s), and legendary bluegrass band David West and the Cider Mountain Boys.
A special attraction will be the reunion of the surviving Randolph Family Band, a popular local radio act (WNOX, WROL) during the 1940s, along with a screening of a long-lost film made of the band in 1946 by Knoxville filmmaker Sam Orleans.
Proceeds from this benefit show will assist the archive to continue its preservation work and help finance CD and DVD releases of material held within the archive’s vaults. The Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound is a non-profit archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the moving image and recorded sound heritage of East Tennessee.
Contact: Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
865-215-8856
www.tamisarchive.org
Email: tamis33@gmail.com
Tickets can be reserved by emailing TAMIS with your name and the number of seats you want to reserve.