StoryTown Radio Show: I Remember the Jackson

02/27/25 • 70 min

Production Team:
Anne G’Fellers-Mason, Director
Brett McCluskey, Music Director
John Saylor, Sound Engineer/Editor
Matthew Gulley, Stage Manager
Gary Degner, Sound Effects
Heather McCluskey, StoryTown Theme Song

StoryTown is Sponsored by:
Tennessee Arts Commission
Gary and Sandee Degner
Terry and Sandy Countermine
McLeod Organics
Trivia with Budds
Wild Women of Jonesborough
Wolfe Development

StoryTown is Sponsored by:
Tennessee Arts Commission
Gary and Sandee Degner
Terry and Sandy Countermine
McLeod Organics
Trivia with Budds
Wild Women of Jonesborough
Wolfe Development

Previous Episode

Director's Cut Podcast No. 9: Jimmy Rhein Remembers the Jackson Theatre

The Director's Cut podcast shares stories that did not make the final cut for the live version of the StoryTown Radio Show. They're still great stories, though, and deserve to be shared. This edition is a little different. We kicked off the 2025 season with a special show at the newly reopened Jackson Theatre. Prior to the theatre’s grand opening, StoryTown gathered stories about the theatre from the people who grew up going to it. This story comes from Jimmy Rhein. To this day, Jimmy still lives in his family home and can walk to the theatre. We weren’t able to include his memories in the January show, because we had so many stories, but we wanted to share it here and now with you all.

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Voices from the Archive: Calvin Robinson

Voices from the Archive is a monthly segment of StoryTown Radio. It shares stories from people living here, just how they told them. You might think of it like a news report that tells you about all sorts of things. From ghost stories to apple butter, you could learn just about anything from the people living here in East Tennessee. Listen in as they tell the stories of their lives here in Appalachia.

StoryTown Radio is a production of the McKinney Center's Story Initiative. Grounded in the belief that stories connect people to each other, the Story Initiative sets out to collect, archive, and share the stories from the region. Broadcast from Jonesborough, Tennessee, the Storytelling Capital of the World, StoryTown Radio is one way these stories are shared with people, nearby and all around.

Instagram: @storytownjbo
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Storytellers: Calvin Robinson

Story Collector: Jules Corrierre

Producer & Narrator: Nori Shaw

Editors: Nori Shaw

Music:
Music by audionautix.com
Titles: Rocky Top (trad.)

Sponsors:
Tennessee Arts Commission (https://tnartscommission.org/)
McLeod Organics
Trivia with Budds
The Wild Women of Jonesborough
Gary and Sandee Degner
Terry and Sandy Countermine
Wolfe Development

McKinney Center (mckinneycenter.com)