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A champion fiddler of various fairs and contests throughout the South, Uncle Am's repertoire and style had evolved through the 1800's from Civil War tunes he learned as a youngster, to folk songs that echoed through the mountains and valleys of Tennessee.
Equating his fiddlin' with his spirituality, Am said it in his own words: "Why, man, Ah guess if I should go out into th' woods an' go down on my knees to git religion in the spirit of determination Ah went about my fiddlin', why, Ah wouldn't be surprised if Ah should just nach'ly get religion."
Uncle Am Stuart's influence on Country Music should not be underestimated. Many of the tunes he recorded eventually were very often played on the Grand Ole Opry. A young boy named Roy Acuff heard Uncle Am perform and was inspired to play fiddle himself. He later learned "Grey Eagle" from Uncle AM's 78 phono and a teenage Alison Krauss placed in the numerous fiddling contests decades later performing the same song. Also, according to Roy Acuff's fiddle playin' cousin, Charlie Acuff, Uncle Am had told the young Georgian fiddler John Carson to refer to himself as "Fiddlin" John Carson; the name stuck. Many more stories circulate about Uncle AM's colorful life. As a boy he roomed with his younger brother George R. Stuart, where they played typical boyish pranks on each other. Little did they know the great influence they would each have on the shaping of America's music. |
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