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9/27/1903 - The speeding "Old 97" mail train goes off the rails at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, VA, killing all who stayed on board and inspiring the famous tune "Wreck of the Old 97" (written by people who witnessed the accident). Read more....
9/24/1962 - Singer Jerry Scoggins, Lester Flatt, and Earl Scruggs record "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" which provides the back story for the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. The song becomes an immediate country music hit and is played at the beginning and end of each episode. Read more....
9/29/1975 - Earl Scruggs suffers head injuries, facial cuts, a broken nose and broken ankle when the plane he is piloting crashes while landing in East Nashville.
9/26/1991 - Earl Scruggs in an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor along with Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt. Read more....
9/29/2008 - 89-year-old singer-activist Pete Seeger, once banned from commercial TV, makes a rare national TV appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, singing "Take It From Dr. King". Read more....
9/29/2009 - The Avett Brothers' "I and Love and You" is released, peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 best selling albums, No. 8 in best selling digital albums, No. 7 in rock albums, and No. 1 in folk albums. Read more....
9/24/2012 - Mumford & Sons releases their second full-length album, "Babel". It debutes at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200 and becomes the fastest-selling album of 2012 in the UK, selling over 158,000 copies in its first week. It is also the biggest selling debut of any album in 2012 in the US, selling 600,000 in its first week, and over a million worldwide. Read more....
9/24/2012 - Mark Johnson wins the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. Read more....
9/24/2013 - Alan Jackson releases "The Bluegrass Album." Read more....
