Bristol Sessions Nights: Night 1

In 1927, a former railroad brakeman named Jimmie Rodgers walked into the Bristol sessions and cut two sides. He sang like a bluesman, yodeled like nobody before him, and pulled from every sound he'd picked up working the rails. They'd later call him the Father of Country Music. He was the first one to blur the lines.
We're spending the next year honoring that legacy.
Bristol Sessions Nights is a 12-night songwriter series running monthly through the 2027 centennial of the original Bristol Sessions. One stage. Real songwriters. The stories behind every song.
This is Night 3: The Blue Yodel. A blues-country fusion built around Jimmie Rodgers' legacy as the original genre-bender, connecting the early roots to modern grit.
LINEUP
Kris Truelsen
Henry Barnes & Ali Kafka
Conner Vliestra
Doors 6:30 PM. Music starts 7:30 PM.
The Bristol Session West Coast Pilsner pours all night. Brewed by Tennessee Hills. Crisp, piney, built for a long Bristol night. It's the official beer of the series and pours at every Sessions night through 2027.
Hosted at the historic L.C. King Building in downtown Bristol, Tennessee.
Co-produced with the City of Bristol, the ETSU Appalachian Music Collective, Explore Bristol, Believe in Bristol, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, and Tennessee Hills Distillery.