Atlanta's Original Old Town Road: The Site of Country Music's First Hit Could Be Demolished

The newest Ken Burns series premiering in September follows the
vast and varied evolution of country music over the 20th century.
The eight-part series begins not in Nashville, nor Bristol, but
Atlanta. That's because, in 1923, OKeh Records music pioneer Ralph
Peer came from New York to the South and set up a temporary
recording studio smack dab in downtown Atlanta at 152 Nassau
Street. That's where he recorded early country, blues, jazz and
gospel artists, including what is known as country music's first
hit, "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" by Fiddlin' John
Carson.