heehaw.
heehaw. And we have more on that. Archie Campbell was4@ a special
man who loved people.
And recently the Tennessee
Department4@ Tourism Duane
Campbell's son Phil and all
their friends and family to
unveil a musical pathway's
marker which highlig4@hts4@ thoe
special folks who helped put
Tennessee on the map.
Here's4@ more from Phil Campbell
and Dave Jones with the
Tennessee Department of
Tourism.
>> Well, of course, Archie.
Sir, th4@ere's there's a whole
>> Well, of course, Archie. Sir, th4@ere's there's a whole4@ lot >> to talk about, Archie.
Archie's you know, he's an
entertainer.
He's a music4@ian.
You know.
He's an artist.
He's a television host.
He was a businessman4@.
And he was all of those
different things and of course
most people recognize Archie
for his appea4@rance for years n
the television show4@ hall.
But he also has a Knoxville
connection which I think is
pretty4@ cool because you know,
Archie got started back earlier
at W.A. Radio back4@ in the day
where I think they had the
merry go round or one of those
shows4@ and that's where he got
his start.
That's where he met a lot of
the other entertainers.
He ended up going to the Grand4@
Ole Opry and then later came
heehaw.
So there's this many
connections and it's a great
place to tell the story >>.
Well, I have great memories of
my dad because we worked
together4@ for so long. 4@
my dad because we worked together4@ for so long. 4@4@ I started working with him.
Well, my first appearance with
him was when I was in the first
grade.
I was six years old and we did
a show up in Kentucky and he
had me do a little routine with
him called the Throwing the
Voice4@4@ and the many years we
worked on the Grand Ole Opry
together.
We never got t4@o be on hee how
together they hired me for he
after he had passed away.
But so many times you know,
going on the road and that's a
pretty tough life.
It can be a pretty tough life4@
It was pretty easy with my dad
.
We traveled tog4@ether usually n
a car4@.
Sometimes we'd ride on a bus
but there were a lot great
memories and a lot of fun that
I had in that4@ career.
>> So we sta4@rted putting up4@
memories and a lot of fun that I had in that4@ career. >> So we sta4@rted putting up4@a
bunch of great number of
markets throughout the state.
And we also look for rural
communities because we want4@
these workers not only to honor
the artist but also to draw
people into those rural
communities and increase >>
tourism.
So for4@ for this particular
place foolscap was was the
obvious place for Archie
Campbell and we decided to put
it where the homeplace4@ and the
museum complex is located kind
of an added4@ bonus to that area
which they've already put
together.
So we did a lot of research on
Archie and4@ put together some
images in some script that
tells the story and it's right
there at4@ in Bulls camp.
People like Archie4@ Archie
Campbell and Roy A. of they
really honored the communities
they came from.
They wanted to draw people to
their communities and you4@
Archie used those the and a lot
of his and a lot of h4@is4@ stos
and >> some of the others did
too4@.
And that's what really was
special about Archie and to
have it have this4@ in Bullins
gap was something that he was
>> don't say they were ashamed
but he's something that he was
proud4@, you know, to be from
bulls gaps.
I think >> the placement of the
marker4@ is really excellent
because the city of Bullins gap
Hopkins County has gone to
great lengths to4@ r4@econstruct
his home place it in the
downtown area.
There's a museum there.
The railroad museum and there's
also a museum that features his
artwork and4@ a lot of
memorabilia from his life.
So I think it's wonderful that
people can come and they can
see this market.
It's a place where you could
stop and look4@ at it and read t
and get out, maybe take some
pictures and4@ old home place is
right there and the museum is
right next4@ door to so it is
just really convenient for the
folks4@ to stop by and pay a
little tribute to my dad.
What4@ a neat tribute4@ and gret
to see Phil I had a chance to
talk to Phil several years ago
about his dad.
So it's good to see him.
But the Tennessee marker
honoring Archie Campbell sits
near the museum in