{"id":3197,"date":"2024-10-11T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:44:43","slug":"fiddlin-john-carson-mountain-melodies-and-dark-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=3197","title":{"rendered":"Fiddlin&#8217; John Carson: Mountain Melodies and Dark Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we tell the story of Fiddlin&#8217; John Carson, a man who was not only an early pioneer of country music but also a master storyteller with a controversial past. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Discover how Carson, born in the Appalachian foothills of Georgia, rose from humble beginnings to become one of the first national country music stars, a few years before the famous Bristol Sessions of 1927. 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