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    • Dec 29, 1928
    Uncle Jimmy Thompson, the first person to perform on the Grand Ole Opry, makes his final appearance on the show, just three years after its debut
    May 4, 1929
    Banjo player Kirk McGee makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
    Nov 29, 1930
    Henry Whitter, best known for recording "The Wreck On The Southern Old 97," makes his lone Grand Ole Opry appearance
    Feb 17, 1931
    Uncle Jimmy Thompson dies of pneumonia in his home outside of Nashville. The fiddle player was the first musician to perform on what became the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 5, 1931
    The male trio The Vagabonds makes its Grand Ole Opry debut, becoming one of the show's most popular acts during the decade
    Jan 9, 1932
    Blind fiddler Uncle Joe Mangrum makes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 24, 1932
    Zeke Clements, fiddler Curly Fox and the father-son duo Asher Sizemore and Little Jimmy all make their Grand Ole Opry debuts
    Apr 29, 1933
    The Delmore Brothers make their first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry
    Jan 6, 1934
    Pop songwriter Fred Rose makes his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He later forms a major publishing house, Acuff-Rose Music, in Nashville
    Mar 31, 1934
    During a 30-mile drive to appear on the Grand Ole Opry, dulcimer player Kitty Cora Cline witnesses a horrible auto accident. She vows to never again travel by car, ending the six-year Opry span of the show's first female soloist



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