How Dolly Parton’s Grandfather Was First “Streamer” Decades Before Advent of Internet

Before Dolly Parton became one of the most iconic and enduring country acts of all time, her grandfather, Reverend Jacob Robert “Jake” Owens, was a musical innovator in his own right, becoming a “streamer” decades before the advent of the internet. Indeed, almost an entire century before musicians would share their music with listeners via […]The post How Dolly Parton’s Grandfather Was First “Streamer” Decades Before Advent of Internet appeared first on American Songwriter.