According to Ken Burns' film, "Country Music", Acuff loved baseball more than music, but suffered severe sunstroke which forced him go give it up.
WI he hadn't?
He seems to have redefined the "Grand Ol' Opry". How much difference would his absence make to the Opry? To C/W music in general?
Could he have actually made The Show? (I hesitate to say he'd make the Yankees, contrary to Burns...) Who might have signed him? Who might have benefitted from having him?
WI he hadn't?
He seems to have redefined the "Grand Ol' Opry". How much difference would his absence make to the Opry? To C/W music in general?
Could he have actually made The Show? (I hesitate to say he'd make the Yankees, contrary to Burns...) Who might have signed him? Who might have benefitted from having him?