Real name: Theron Evan Hale

Born in Pikeville, Tennessee on May 21, 1883. Died on January 29, 1954. Joined the Grand Ole Opry (then called the WSM Barn Dance) in 1926. Hale's group "Theron Hale and Daughters"— which consisted of Hale on fiddle, Hale's daughter Elizabeth on piano, and daughter Mamie Ruth on either second fiddle or mandolin— recorded several tracks in 1928 and played regularly throughout the 1930s.