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The Birthplace of Country Music Museum opens in Bristol, Va., today. "This is where the Carter Family first recorded. This is where Jimmie Rodgers first recorded in 1927," says Jessica Turner, the museum's director and head curator.

At the cradle of country music, a monument you can hear as well as see

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