Fiddlin’ Charlie Bowman
1889-1962
Charlie Bowman, Hall of Fame fiddler, vaudeville performer, and writer of Nine Pound Hammer and East Tennessee Blues, toured with the Hill Billies and other music groups, once performing for President Calvin Coolidge. Two daughters, Jennie and Pauline, were among the first sister act recorded in the country music genre. Charlie and brothers, Elbert, Walter and Argil played for Congressman B. Carroll Reece’s campaigns. Charlie and his wife, Fannie reared 12 children in a log house on Roscoe Fitz Road.
Marker is at the intersection of Roscoe Fitz Road and Sunset Drive (Tennessee Road 82), on the left when traveling east on Roscoe Fitz Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
