James T. “Tom” McCarroll, born in 1928, worked in city maintenance in Lenoir City for over 30 years, all the while playing fiddle, guitar, and banjo.   His daughter Tammie, the only one of Fiddlin' Jim McCarroll's 13 grandchildren to take up music, was making 45 rpm records in junior high school, recording Rockabilly songs and some of her own compositions, as well as playing with her grandfather’s band throughout his life, later performing with her father in the “Bonnie Lou and Buster” show on WJHL-TV in Sevierville, and at RV rallies and parks from Florida to Ohio.  In recent years they've been frequent guests at the Laurel Theater and on WDVX, performed at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in July 2004, and released a CD Generations. 

Rhythm and string band The Bearded took its first breath on the WDVX Blue Plate Special in January 2005 although the original seeds were planted years earlier on a front porch in Knoxville. A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist heralding from Northwest Florida, Kyle Campbell was one of the founding members of the regionally popular rock band, Medicine Wheel (1993-1999). He began his love for old time and country blues while staying summers on the Yellow River with his grandparents. His grandfather grew up on the same street as Hank Williams and knew all the musicians along the river. Three days after arriving in Knoxville in 2001 Kyle met Matt Morelock, a local DJ and banjo player.  Campbell and Morelock hit it off and soon found themselves playing as a mandolin, banjo duet.   Their CD A-No.1 was released in 2006.