In 1956, at age 26, he was made player-manager of the Knoxville Smokies.
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The storms continued to intensify as they got into more heat and humidity, and converged on the foothills of the Smokies.
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If the Smokies are where country music bubbles up, then Nashville, 200 miles to the west along highway I-40, is where it comes roaring down the valley and thunders over the cliff.