The Roys Join Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap & Others to Celebrate the Music of Laura Ingalls Wilder in "Pa's Fiddle: America's Music"
Hot Bluegrass duo, The Roys, recently taped a PBS Special celebrating the music of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Lee and Elaine Roy joined Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap and numerous other stars for the event, which raised the rafters of the Loveless Barn outside of Nashville last week.
The PBS Special, "Pa's Fiddle: America's Music," is the brain-child of Dr. Dale Cockrell, director of MTSU's Center for Popular Music and scholar of the songs embedded in the "Little House on the Prairie" books.
He was joined by MTSU professors and students who worked behind the scenes to capture video for the documentary, titled "Inside Pa's Fiddle."
MTSU is playing a key role in keeping the old-time fiddle music alive for future generations. Some of the more popular songs were featured in a recorded PBS pledge-drive special that will begin a two-year broadcast run in June.
Recording the early American music is the specialty of Dr. Dale Cockrell, director of MTSU's Center for Popular Music.
Cockrell is a scholar of the songs embedded in the "Little House on the Prairie" books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Some of the more popular songs were featured in a recorded PBS pledge-drive special that will begin a two-year broadcast run in June.
MTSU professors and students worked behind the scenes to capture video for a documentary, "Inside Pa's Fiddle."
Some of the biggest names in country music gathered Jan. 6 to record the music at Nashville's Loveless Barn.
To learn more about the project, visit http://mtsunews.com/pas-fiddle-pbs-special/.
To see more behind the scene pictures, visit the slideshow: ttp://www.flickr.com//photos/mtsunews/sets/72157628798486755/show/
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