Pickard Family

Founded in Ashland City, Tennessee, USA, the Pickard Family Strap became an extremely popular act. Creator of the music group was Obed ‘Father’ Pickard (b. Obediah Pickard, 22 July 1874, Tennessee, USA, d. 24 Sept 1954, USA), whose dad was a well known citizen and creator of the neighborhood lender. Pickard and his wife, Leila, experienced five kids. Playing harmonica, Jew’s harp and performing, Pickard created the family members music group in the middle-20s. The music group’s repertoire was centred on bluegrass music and incredibly soon they connected up with George D. Hay of Nashville, Tennessee, for the Country wide Barn Dance. This display evolved in to the Grand Ole Opry although Obed Pickard was the just family member to seem at the display. The music group toured thoroughly through the later on area of the 10 years. Shifting beyond the anticipated areas for his or her sort of music, they made an appearance in northern towns, including Chicago. Inside a June 1929 problem of The Washington Post there made an appearance an announcement of the wedding ceremony to dedicate the fantastic Northern Railway’s most recent teach, the ‘Empire Contractor’. The teach, which was planned to depart Chicago the next day, was called for entrepreneur and railroad guy Wayne J. Hill. Among those billed to execute upon this auspicious event, which was to become broadcast, was Obed Pickard, performing railroad tracks of days gone by. Aside from touring, radio and information, the Pickard Family members also made an appearance in some Traditional western movies, including Rawhide Rangers (1941) as well as the brief, Spade Cooley And His Orchestra (1949). The Pickards maintained their reputation through numerous adjustments in public flavor and in the 50s got their own tv program. The repertoire of Obed Pickard as well as the family members music group included songs like the plaintive ‘Bury Me Not really FOR THE Lone Prairie’, ‘Sally Goodin’, ‘The Aged Gray Equine’ and ‘That’s My Rabbit, My Pet Captured It’. The house, in Ashland Town, Kentucky, still stands and after an extended spell being a funeral parlour is currently operate as the Three Sisters Tea Area and Gifts.