Homer 'Slim' Miller

In 1940 the eldest member of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance cast - in point of service time - was Homer "Slim" Miller. Years before, when the Renfro Valley project was just a dream that everyone said would never come true, John Lair promised Slim that when the big barn was built - if it ever was - he could fiddle the first tune on the first broadcast. Slim stuck around a matter of ten years to see if he really meant it. If the listeners had their way, Slim would have probably be there to fiddle the last tune as well. Being generally recognized as "Barn Dance Fiddler Number One"