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    • Feb 28, 1934
    Fiddlin' John Carson holds his final recording session in Camden, New Jersey
    Aug 4, 1934
    Country recording pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson performs as a warm-up for Georgia governor Gene Talmadge on the campaign trail in Dalton
    Aug 15, 1934
    Country recording pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson performs in Griffin, Georgia, in support of governor Gene Talmadge, campaigning for re-election
    Jul 4, 1936
    Governor Gene Talmadge announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in McRae, Georgia, with Fiddlin' John Carson playing to warm up the crowd
    Aug 5, 1936
    Governor Gene Talmadge, running for U.S. Senate, stumps in Monroe, Georgia, in his trademark red suspenders, with Fiddlin' John Carson providing musical entertainment. The same night, son Grady Carson shoots and kills his father-in-law
    Nov 27, 1948
    Fiddlin' John Carson's wife, Jenny Carson, dies of cancer in Georgia
    Dec 11, 1949
    Fiddlin' John Carson dies of cancer at home in Atlanta, Georgia, with a fiddle in his hands. He was the first country artist to sell a major volume of records following his first recording session, in 1923
    Dec 13, 1949
    Country recording pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson is eulogized at East Side Baptist Church in Atlanta, with governor Herman Talmadge serving as an honorary pallbearer
    Feb 24, 1998
    Roger Miller's "Dang Me," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls Of Fire," John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and Johnny Cash's "I Walk The Line" join the Grammy Hall of Fame with Fiddlin' John Carson's "Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" and recordings by Johnny Mercer, The Beatles and The Byrds
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation issues "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." They include Fiddlin' John Carson's "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" and Eck Robertson's "Sally Goodin"
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