KHP is working on a directory to the greatest live performances in Knoxville history. Which of the following is thought never to have performed in Knoxville?
A – Violinist Jascha Heifetz
B – Rock ‘n roll showman Little Richard
C – Country-music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers
D – Jazz and blues pianist Fats Waller
E – Rock “Boss” Bruce Springsteen
Answer – C
Although the influential Mississippi-born singer and songwriter Rodgers (1897-1933) lived in Asheville for a while and made his first important recordings in East Tennessee, at the legendary Bristol sessions of 1927, he’s not known ever to have performed in Knoxville before his death from tuberculosis at age 35. (If you know something we don’t, please do get in touch.)
