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Mountain Stage is pleased to announce that we will partner with our friends at the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance to record an episode in Bristol, TN/VA on Sunday, March 13 at the Paramount Center for the Arts, 518 State Street.

This will be our seventh recording in Bristol to correspond with the release of a special re-issue box set featuring the historic recordings that gave the border-city it's name: Bristol Sessions - The Big Bang of Country Music.The BCMA has been given exclusive rights to sell the first 250 copies of the box set, which includes the complete recordings of the 1927 and, for the first time ever, the complete 1928 Bristol Sessions. This 5-disc set also includes a 120 page book detailing the sessions, artist, and a brief history of country music.Click here for more info and how to order.

Our guests will be The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Dale Jett & Hello Stranger. Tickets are on sale NOW by phone at 423-274-8920, at the Paramount Box Office or ONLINE. All tickets are $30. Visit our Live Show Schedule for more information.

Mountain Stage is saddened to learn that Doc Williams, legendary guitarist, singer and radio entertainer, has passed away at age 96. Williams and his wife "Chickie" (1919-2007) were inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

Doc & Chickie made two appearances on Mountain Stage, but were widely known as the "Royal Couple" of Country Music as stars on the legendary radio show WWVA Jamboree, which Doc joined in 1937. For more on Doc & Chickie's storied career, visit their official site, read this 2008 feature from the WV State Journal, and visit the 2009 Virtual West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.

Our thoughts are with their family.