NEVER PUBLISHED PHOTO.  RARE from the estate of Ken Kittinger.

The father of country music - Roy Acuff is posing with legendary ballad master Tom T. Hall backstage at Grand Ole Opry.  Roy's dressing room was always open.  Tom took his own life a few years ago and Roy finally made it to Hillbilly Heaven.  My father, Ken Kittinger (Search web:  Ken Kittinger Gold Records)  knew them both closely.  See listing photos of Pop with each at different times.   He took hundreds of backstage photos and had them duplicated and them brought them back when the artists were scheduled to appear again.  Pop had carte blanche to the Opry's backstage dressing rooms any time - any Friday or Saturday performance and was there nearly always during his 50 year career as Music Row's premier gold & platinum awards maker.

Award is 8 X 10 in very nice black wood frame/glass