Uncle Dave Macon (October 7, 1870 - March 22, 1952) was an American farmer, banjo player, singer, songwriter and comedian. David Harrison Macon farmed for many years, playing a banjo as a hobby. At age fifty, he joined a vaudeville touring company, putting on a comedy show and playing old-time music on a banjo. Immediately popular, within a few years he was in New York City making country phonograph records that became almost instant bestsellers and at age fifty-six he was one of the first stars of the Grand Ole Opry on WSM radio in Nashville.

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