First Country and Western Recording
(North Face)
Erected August 16, 1971
Honoring
A.P. Carter
Sara Carter
Maybelle Carter
Jimmie Rodgers
Who recorded the first Country and Western music to be distributed nationwide in Bristol, Tennessee on August 2, 1927
(West Face)
Dedicated by the people of Bristol
The Historical Committee of the Greater Bristol Area Chamber of Commerce
The Bristol Lodge No. 14 International Oddfellows
(East Face)
Recorded by Ralph Peer for Victor Record Company
Marker is at the intersection of State Street (Tennessee Route 34) and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, on the right when traveling east on State Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
