On This Day in 1931, We Said Goodbye to One of the Best-Known Icons of Early Country Music and the First-Ever Performer on the Grand Ole Opry … from the American Songwriter Clayton Edwards

Uncle Jimmy Thompson was the first to play the Grand Ole OpryNinety-five years ago today, the legendary fiddler who was the first person to play the Grand Ole Opry died in Tennessee.

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