The One and Only, Dr. Jay Clark: ...
The One and Only, Dr. Jay Clark: The Bear-Wrestling Appalachian Folk Extraordinaire from Blount County

Blount County Live by Let's Be Blount

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Lee and Scott sit down with Jay Clark, and if you're wondering how someone goes from chasing bears in Oklahoma to hosting the best listening room show in Blount County, well, buckle up. This man's got more stories than a Sunday sermon and twice the heart.

Jay's the guy who teaches at Maryville College (yeah, he's got a PhD but insists students call him by his first name), runs an $82.5 million science center project, and somehow finds time to curate the second Tuesday Shindig at TriHop. He's the one telling rowdy crowds to shut up so you can actually hear the music – and somehow everyone loves him for it.

We're talking about growing up in western Kentucky coal country, learning guitar from newspaper clippings, and why the mountains create the culture that makes East Tennessee so special. Jay performs "Seeds of Love" (a tribute to his  ... 

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