He left that job after a few years when the bureau frowned on the way he spent his evenings: playing country music in beer-soaked bars. Called “Hayloft Hoedown,” it’s considered the first country music television show in Washington, though back then people called it “hillbilly music.”ADAD“It was something besides a normal country music show, where people would just stand up there and sing,” said Mindte. “Hayloft Hoedown” was canceled after six months. ADADOther Washington TV shows — including Connie B. Gay’s “Town & Country Time,” the program that launched Jimmy Dean — found more success. It’s sort of elusive.”ADThe authors know that “Hayloft Hoedown” reached at least one important audience: other musicians.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2020 19:30 UTC