Uncle Dave Macon

Real name: David Harrison Macon
Born: October 7, 1870
Died: March 22, 1952
Country: United States
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Comments: Old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian from Tennessee. Known for his chin whiskers, plug hat, gold teeth, and gates-ajar collar, he gained regional fame as a vaudeville performer in the early 1920s before becoming the first star of the Grand Ole Opry in the latter half of the decade.
Member of: Dixie Sacred Singers
Fruit-Jar Drinkers
Family: Dorris Macon Son

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	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	All-Go-Hungry Hash House	Uncle Dave Macon	July 1925	(10 artists)
	All I've Got's Gone	Uncle Dave Macon	October 1924	(2 artists)
	Backwater Blues	Uncle Dave Macon	January 1928	Bryan Sutton
	Bile Them Cabbage Down	Uncle Dave Macon	September 1924	(53 artists)
	Country Ham and Red Gravy	Uncle Dave Macon	December 7, 1938	(2 artists)
	Death of John Henry	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	May 1926	(6 artists)
	Diamond in the Rough	Uncle Dave Macon	1926	(10 artists)
	Don't Get Weary, Children	Uncle Dave Macon and Kirk and Sam McGee	1934	(4 artists)
	From Jerusalem to Jericho	Uncle Dave Macon	July 1925	(5 artists)
	Going Across the Sea	Uncle Dave Macon	1925	(23 artists)
	He's Up with the Angels Now	Uncle Dave Macon and Kirk and Sam McGee	1934	Bill Clifton & The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band
	I've Got the Mourning Blues	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	May 1926	(3 artists)
	Johnny Grey	Uncle Dave Macon	1939	(5 artists)
	Jonah and the Whale	Uncle Dave Macon and Sid Harkreader	November 1924	(7 artists)
	Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel	Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers	May 1927	(28 artists)
	Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy	Uncle Dave Macon	October 1924	(21 artists)
	Kissin' on the Sly	Uncle Dave Macon	1926	(4 artists)
	Last Night When My Willie Come Home	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	May 1926	(28 artists)
	Oh Lovin' Babe	Uncle Dave Macon with Sam McGee	1978	(4 artists)
	Old Ties	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	1926	Norman Blake [US]
	On the Dixie Bee Line (In That Henry Ford of Mine)	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	May 1926	(3 artists)
	Over the Mountain	Uncle Dave Macon and Sid Harkreader	December 1929	(7 artists)
	Railroadin' and Gamblin'	Uncle Dave Macon	1939	East Nash Grass
	Rise When the Rooster Crows	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	May 1926	(8 artists)
	Rock About My Sara Jane	Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers	May 1927	(17 artists)
	She's Got the Money Too	Uncle Dave Macon	December 1931	(2 artists)
	(She Was Always) Chewing Gum	Uncle Dave Macon	October 1924	(2 artists)
i	Sleepy Lou	Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers	May 1927	(4 artists)
	Station Will Be Changed After Awhile	Uncle Dave Macon	May 1926	(3 artists)
	Tell Her to Come Back Home	Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers	May 1927	(5 artists)
	The Gray Cat on the Tennessee Farm	Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers	May 1927	(11 artists)
	The Rabbit in the Pea Patch	Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers	May 1927	(12 artists)
	The Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train	Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee	January 1931	(3 artists)
i	Tom and Jerry	Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers	October 20, 1927	(17 artists)
	Way down the Old Plank Road	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	May 1926	(15 artists)
	We Are Up Against It Now	Uncle Dave Macon	1926	(4 artists)
	Whoop 'Em Up, Cindy	Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee	May 1926	(6 artists)

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