Before he was one of the pioneers in country and bluegrass music, Roy Acuff’s mission was to be a big-league ballplayer. A bout with sunstroke and the subsequent inability to be in sunlight for ...
KINGSPORT — Roy Acuff reigned as the undisputed king of country music. A native of Maynardville, Tennessee, the Grand Ole Opry patriarch died in 1992 at age 89. Acuff’s massive legacy continues in ...