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    • Aug 16, 1915
    Georgia prisoner Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta for the alleged death of an employee. His controversial case spurred Fiddlin' John Carson to write "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
    Jun 22, 1916
    Fiddlin' John Carson's two-year hitch with the National Guard ends with a discharge
    Mar 23, 1922
    Fiddlin' John Carson becomes the first "hillbilly" artist to play on the radio, performing on Atlanta's WSB. His first song: "Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane"
    Jun 14, 1923
    Fiddlin' John Carson becomes the first country artist produced by Ralph Peer. The Atlanta session, co-produced by Polk Brockman, includes "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" and "The Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster's Going To Crow"
    Nov 7, 1923
    Fiddlin' John Carson records "Fare You Well Old Joe Clark" and "The Farmer Is The Man That Feeds Them All" in New York. Both songs will be used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Sep 1, 1924
    Atlanta's Lyric Players open a theatrical production, "Mrs. Wiggs Of The Cabbage Patch," with Fiddlin' John Carson an instrumental member of the cast
    Jun 24, 1925
    Fiddlin' John Carson records "Little Mary Phagan," the story of a woman whose murder led to a lynching of her boss, in New York. The song is central in building Carson's reputation, helping him become one of the first recorded hillbilly artists
    Mar 17, 1927
    Fiddlin' John Carson records "Old And In The Way" in Atlanta. The song is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Oct 26, 1929
    Fiddlin' John Carson's 17-year-old son, John L. Carson, dies at Atlanta's Piedmont Sanitarium from tetanus and blood poisoning, picked up when he stepped on an infectious nail after the family's house had burned
    Oct 28, 1931
    The Delmore Brothers meet country pioneers Fiddlin' John Carson and reverend Andrew Jenkins at an audition in Atlanta. They have an impromptu performance en masse while waiting for what turns out to be the Delmores' first recording session
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