THIS TIME ON TENNESSEE CROSSROADS, KEN WILSHIRE GETS IN TUNE WITH SMOKEY MOUNTAIN MUSIC THANKS TO A VETERAN DULCIMER MAKER.

TAMMI ARENDER VISITS A FIFTH GENERATION CANDY COMPANY IN MEMPHIS.

ROB WILDS DISCOVERS HOW NASHVILLE IS PLAYING A ROLE IN THE COME BACK OF VINYL RECORDS.

FINALLY OFF TO COOKEVILLE WITH TRESSA BUSH WHERE AN ACCIDENT LED TO AN ARTIST'S CREATIVE COME BACK.

THAT'S THE LINE UP, THE SHOW IS TENNESSEE CROSSROADS.

I'M JOE ELMORE.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK.

♪ ♪ ♪ HISTORIANS MAY DISAGREE ON WHAT WAS THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND EVEN WHERE IT WAS CREATED.

HOWEVER ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN, MUSIC HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATIONS WORLDWIDE.

RECENTLY KEN WILSHIRE MET A FELLOW IN THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS WHO CARRIES ON A MUSIC TRADITION THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF TENNESSEE.

>> KEN >> THESE BEAUTIFULLY HAND CRAFTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE JUST LIKE THE ONES USED BY OUR EARLY AMERICAN FOREFATHERS WHEN THEY SETTLED HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE.

YOU'LL FIND THEM DISPLAYED IN THE WOOD AND STRINGS DULCIMER SHOP IN TOWNSEND, THEY'RE THE INSPIRATIONAL CREATIONS OF DULCIMER MAKER MIKE CLEMMER.

>> MIKE >> I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED WORDWORKING.

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED PEOPLE AND I ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC.

>> KEN >> MUSIC IS WHAT YOU'LL CERTAINLY FIND HERE AT WOOD AND STRINGS.

IT'S MIKE'S SHOP HERE IN THE SMOKEY MOUNTAINS WHERE HE'S BEEN CRAFTING DULCIMERS FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.

>> MIKE >> IN 1976 I STARTED BUILDING SOME DULCIMERS WITH A FRIEND.

WHEN I BUILT ONE IN '76 I FIGURED I BETTER LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

>> KEN >> AND SINCE THEN HE'S LEARNED WELL.

NOT ONLY ARE HE AND HIS WIFE CONNIE ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS MIKE CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THE DULCIMER'S HERITAGE AND HIS RESPONSIBILITY IN KEEPING IT ALIVE.

YOU SEE JUST LIKE CORNMEAL AND SALT WERE STAPLES OF MOUNTAIN SETTLERS, MUSIC WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR FAMILY LIFE AS WELL.

THE DULCIMER WAS A POPULAR CHOICE.

>> MIKE >> THE DULCIMER CAME FROM RIGHT HERE, KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTHERN GEORGIA, EAST TENNESSEE.

ALL OF APPALACHIA AND I REALLY BELIEVE WHEN PEOPLE GOT HERE THEY WANTED TO DO ONE THING FIRST AND THAT BUILD A HOME FOR THEIR FAMILY.

THEN THEY BUILT A HOME FOR THEIR ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, A BARN.

THEN THEY BUILT A HOME FOR THEIR GOD AND WHEN THEY DID THAT THEY NEEDED SOME MUSIC.

>> KEN >> SO THE SPIRITUAL SOUNDS OF THE DULCIMER WERE PERFECT.

MIKE INCORPORATES HIS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF ITS HISTORY WHEN HE DESIGNS AND BUILDS EACH ONE.

HE'S EVEN ADDED HIS OWN UNIQUE SOUNDS.

>> MIKE >> I HAVE AN INSTRUMENT I'VE INVENTED CALLED THE BANJAMER, BASICALLY, IT PLAYS LIKE A DULCIMER BUT SOUNDS LIKE A BANJO.

I MAKE WHAT IS KNOWN AS A CLEMBRO FOR LACK OF ANY OTHER WORD.

WE DON'T WANT TO GET WITH DOBRO PROBLEMS.

I JUST CALL IT FRED.

YOU CAN ALSO PLAY IT WITH A SLIDE AND GET A LOT OF THAT DOBRO-TYPE SOUND.

>> KEN >> MIKE ALSO BUILDS A DOUBLE NECK INSTRUMENT FOR TWO PEOPLE TO PLAY.

HE CALLS IT A COURTING DULCIMER >> MIKE >> THE STORY GOES, AND I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS THAT WHEN A YOUNG MAN WOULD COURT HIS YOUNG LADY, MOM AND DAD WOULD PUT TWO CHAIRS ON THE FRONT PORCH AND PUT THE INSTRUMENT BETWEEN THEM AND THEN THEY GO INSIDE TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF PRIVACY AND AS LONG AS THEY HEARD TWO PARTS THEY KNEW THEIR HANDS WERE BUSY.

>> KEN >> AND MIKE'S HANDS ARE BUSY FINDING JUST THE RIGHT WORMY CHESTNUT, WALNUT OR HICKORY WHEN HE BEGINS.

YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR THE NEXT SOUND OF THE DULCIMER BY SIMPLY THUMPING THE WOOD.

THERE'S AN OLD FIDDLE MAKER'S TRICK THAT YOU HOLD A PIECE OF WOOD UP AND YOU'LL THUMP IT WITH THE BACK OF YOUR KNUCKLE.

WHEN IT'S ABOUT AN INCH THICK OR SO YOU CAN HEAR IT, IT WILL GO THUMP OR IT'LL GO BONG, THUMP MAKES A GOOD SHELF AND BONG MAKES A GOOD INSTRUMENT.

SO WHAT I DO IS I SPEND MORE TIME PICKING OUT MY WOOD HONESTLY THAN I DO MAKING THE DULCIMER BECAUSE I FOUND OUT IF YOU SPEND MORE TIME GATHERING THE WOOD, THE RIGHT WOOD, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO SO MUCH TO IT IN YOUR SHOP.

>> KEN >> ONCE MIKE SHAPES THESE WOODEN WORKS OF ART TO PERFECTION THEY'RE SIGNED AND COMMISSIONED TO PLAY.

>> MIKE >> SOUND DOES SOMETHING TO US, MUSIC DOES SOMETHING TO US AND I DON'T CARE WHETHER YOU'RE A TEENAGER LISTENING TO THE HARDEST ROCK YOU CAN OR SOME SORT OF RAP OR SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY LISTENING TO LAWRENCE WELK, IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD MEMORIES.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS IF YOU STRUM A LITTLE AND PLAY A SONG THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY CREATED IT'S VERY FULFILLING.

>> KEN >> MIKE SAYS ANYONE CAN LEARN TO PLAY THE DULCIMER WITHIN A FEW MINUTES.

>> MIKE >> I HAVE PEOPLE COME IN HERE AS YOUNG AS SEVEN OR EIGHT AND SOME FOLKS IN THEIR 90'S AND HAVE NEVER EVER PLAYED AN INSTRUMENT IN THEIR LIFE AND ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND PLAY 2 OR 3 SONGS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES.

IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE THAT LIGHT IN THEIR EYE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY AN ARM OR A LEG TO HAVE A LOT OF FUN.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF LESSONS TO LEARN TO PLAY.

I'M GOING TO SIT YOU DOWN AND YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY BEFORE WE FINISH THIS.

>> KEN >> WELL MIKE WELCOMED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW ME A FEW CORDS AND HE EVEN TRUSTED ME WITH ONE OF HIS BRAND NEW DULCIMERS.

WE READY?

>> MIKE >> OH, WE'RE READY.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO WHEN WE'RE ALL PLAYING MOST OF THE TIME, YOU JUST PLAY ALL OF THE STRINGS OPEN.

>> KEN >> OKAY.

>> MIKE >> YEP.

NOW YOU NOTICE WE PLAY A DIFFERENT CHORD EVERY NOW AND THEN?

>> KEN >> YES.

>> MIKE >> ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE YOUR FINGER AND GO ACROSS THAT THIRD ONE.

THAT'S IT.

>> KEN >> ALL RIGHT.

MEANWHILE THE DURST FAMILY FROM KANSAS STOPPED BY THE SHOP AND VISITED WITH MIKE.

THEY HAD BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES.

WHAT A SURPRISE THEY WERE.

IT WAS ALMOST MAGICAL ONE BY ONE THE STAIRSTEP ENSEMBLE GATHERED THE INSTRUMENTS.

SUDDENLY IT WAS AN IMPROV JAM SESSION AND I WAS INVITED TO PLAY.

IT'S AMAZING, ALL TOTAL STRANGERS BUT FOR THE FEW MINUTES WE SHARED TOGETHER, WE WERE ONE BIG FAMILY, NOTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD REALLY MATTERED.

WELL, OTHER THAN STRUMMING A RHYTHM AND HITTING THE THIRD FRET ON THE RIGHT BEAT, SO THANKS TO MIKE AND CONNIE FOR THEIR LOVE OF MAKING AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PLAYING THESE HOMESPUN INSTRUMENTS AND THANKS ALSO FOR KEEPING A PRECIOUS PART OF TENNESSEE HISTORY ALIVE AND FOR GIVING US A WARM, WELCOMING PLACE IN THESE BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS TO EXPERIENCE IT ALL.

>> MIKE >> THAT'S GREAT.

>> JOE >> OH KEN YOU'RE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN.

THANKS A LOT.

YOU KNOW A COMPANY HAS TO BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT TO BE AROUND FOR FIVE GENERATIONS.

WELL, THE DINSTUHL FAMILY IN MEMPHIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR THEIR FINE CANDY MAKING SINCE 1902.

TAMMI ARENDER WENT THERE AND DISCOVERED A LITTLE SECRET THAT IT MIGHT BE AS FUN TO MAKE AS IT IS TO EAT.

♪ WHEN I FALL IN LOVE, IT WILL BE FOREVER.

♪ >> TAMMI >> WATCHING A VELVETY SMOOTH RIVER OF CHOCOLATE IS ALMOST HYPNOTIZING.

IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE LUXURIOUS SWEETENED COCOA THAT CAN IMPROVE A PERSON'S MOOD OR WIN A WOMAN'S HEART.

CHOCOLATE IS VERY HEALTHY FOR YOU AND THAT'S VERY VOGUE TODAY BUT WE ALWAYS EATEN CHOCOLATE.

IN FACT I HAVE A GRANDMOTHER WHO IS 102 AND SHE EATS CHOCOLATE DAILY.

>> TAMMI >> REBECCA DINSTUHL KNOWS ABOUT EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT CHOCOLATE.

HER GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER STARTED DINSTUHL'S CANDY IN 1902.

THE MOS FAMILY OF MEMPHIS BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE COMPANY IN 2003.

THE TWO FAMILIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER NOW.

REBECCA AND SON ANDREW DINSTUHL ARE STILL HANDS ON IN THE BUSINESS AND IN THE KITCHEN.

>> REBECCA >> BECAUSE MAKING CHOCOLATE AND MAKING CANDY THE WAY WE DO IT, HAS TO BE A PASSION.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST READ A RECIPE BOOK AND YOU MAKE IT.

>> TAMMI >> THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A LOT MORE TO MAKING FINE CHOCOLATES AND CANDIES THAN JUST FOLLOWING THE RECIPE.

THAT'S WHY THE DINSTUHLS CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING BY HAND.

ONE OF THE SECRETS TO THE NUT CLUSTERS IS THE TEMPERING OF THE CHOCOLATE WITH THE WARMTH IN THE PALM AND FINGERS.

IT BRINGS ABOUT THE RIGHT CONSISTENCY AND TEXTURE.

>> REBECCA >> EVERY PIECE IS HAND DONE SO IT MAY NOT BE A PERFECT SHAPE BUT WE LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO TASTE THE SAME EACH AND EVERY TIME THAT YOU TASTE A PIECE OF DINSTUHL'S CANDIES.

>> TAMMI >> THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

TOMMY WASHINGTON HAS WORKED AT DINSTUHLS FOR 47 YEARS.

HE CAN MAKE EVERYTHING IN THE PRODUCT LINE BUT HIS SPECIALTY, THE MINTS.

HE CAN MAKE HUNDREDS OF QUARTER-SIZED MELT IN YOUR MOUTH MINTS IN JUST MINUTES.

IT'S AN ART THAT FEW CAN MASTER.

BUT TOMMY WAS GIVEN SOME ADVICE BY MR. DINSTUHL IN 1963, THAT SERVED HIM WELL TO THIS DAY.

>> TOMMY >> I LEARNED TO LOVE IT.

MY BOSS TOLD ME IF I LEARNED TO MAKE CANDY I'D NEVER BE WITHOUT A JOB.

>> TAMMI >> TOMMY HAS BEEN AT THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY FOR THE LONGEST HE'S JOINED BY OTHERS WHO LOVE THEIR JOB.

JESSIE AND JEROME WORK AS A TEAM IN MAKING DINSTUHL'S SIGNATURE PIECE, THE CASHEW CRUNCH.

>> REBECCA >> ONCE IT REACHES THE PEAK TEMPERATURE IT'S POURED OUT ONTO THE TABLE THAT ALREADY HAS BEEN LACED WITH FINE COCONUT.

IT'S ROLLED FLAT, SCORED INTO SQUARES AND THEN CUT UP INTO BITE-SIZED PIECES READY TO BE PACKAGED IN THE BOXES FOR THE STORES.

>> TAMMI >> I COULDN'T JUST SIT ON THE SIDELINES WATCHING THE CASHEW CRUNCH BEING MADE.

I WAS LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE, LITERALLY.

I HAD TO GET INVOLVED.

I REALLY JUST WANTED TO PLAY IN THE CORN SYRUP.

>> TAMMI >> SINCE CASHEW CRUNCH IN THE SIGNATURE ITEM I HAD TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT.

I GOT JESSIE THE EXPERT TO TELL ME.

START WITH WHITE SUGAR.

>> JESSIE >> YES, WHITE SUGAR.

>> TAMMI >>THEN TWO SCOOPS OF BROWN SUGAR, TWO FULL SCOOPS.

>> JESSIE >> RIGHT.

THAT'S GOOD.

>> TAMMI >> THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A LITTLE HOLE FOR ME.

>> JESSIE >> YES RIGHT HERE.

WE MAKE A POCKET BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE CORN SYRUP TO GET AROUND THE BOWL BECAUSE IT STICKS SO WE MAKE A LITTLE POCKET AND IT HOLD THE CORN SYRUP COME IN HERE, DIP IN THERE LIGHTLY AND ENOUGH TO COVER AND YOU PULL OUT.

>> TAMMI >> OOH!

>> JESSIE >> ALL RIGHT AND TAKE IT AND JUST TWIST IT REAL GOOD.

>> TAMMI >> TWIST IT, OH LOOK AT THAT.

>> JESSIE >> THAT'S NOT BAD.

>> TAMMI >>OH, IT'S HEAVY.

>> JESSIE >> IT'S GOING TO ROLL OFF.

IT'S GOING TO ROLL OFF.

>> TAMMI >> HOW MUCH?

LIKE THAT?

>> JESSIE >> LET IT ROLL OFF THEN TWIST AGAIN.

>> TAMMI >> ALL RIGHT.

>> JESSIE >> NOW IF YOU CAN LET IT ROLL OFF.

ROLL IT OVER THIS WAY >> TAMMI >> READY.

>> JESSIE >> THERE YOU GO.

NOW GO.

>> TAMMI >> I DON'T WANT TO GET IT ON THE FLOOR.

>> JESSIE >> THERE YOU GO.

>> TAMMI >> I GOT IT.

NONE ON THE FLOOR, ALL IN THE BATCH.

>> JESSIE >> YOU JUST HOLD IT HIGH AND IT WILL RUNOFF ITSELF.

>> TAMMI >> OH, ISN'T THAT FUN?

OH, I COULD DO THIS EVERY DAY.

NO WONDER YOU LOVE YOUR JOB.

I DARE NOT GET TOO INVOLVED OR THE PROFITS COULD END UP ON THE FLOOR.

WE NEXT MOVE OVER TO THE CONVEYOR BELT OF CHOCOLATE.

IT'S WHERE THE FUDGE HEARTS ARE BAPTIZED, SHAKEN AND THEN CHRISTENED WITH YET ANOTHER CANDY HEART A SEPARATE CONVEYOR BELT IS USED FOR PAINTING THE PRETZELS.

EACH SALTY TREAT GETS A COATING ON ITS BACKSIDE BEFORE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE TUNNEL OF LOVE.

>> REBECCA >> THE TRADITIONS THAT ARE CREATED BY THE PRODUCTS THAT WE MAKE FOR MANY FAMILIES FOR MANY GENERATIONS, HAVE VERY VALUABLE TO US AND WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.

>> TAMMI >> WHILE THE PROCESS OF MAKING THE CHOCOLATE IS APPEALING, IT'S THE END PRODUCT THAT REALLY TEASES OUR TASTEBUDS.

TRUFFLES, TURTLES AND OTHER TANTALIZING TREATS.

DINSTUHLS EVEN HAS AN OFFICIAL ELVIS PRESLEY LINE, BRINGING TWO MEMPHIS TRADITIONS TOGETHER, NEITHER OF WHICH SHOWS SIGNS OF FADING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.

♪ WHEN I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANKS, TAMMI.

THEY SAY WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, EVEN ON TURNTABLES.

THE BIGGEST TREND IN RECORDED MUSIC NOW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DOWN LOADS BUT MORE TO DO WITH DROPPING DOWN NEEDLES INTO GROOVES.

ROB WILDS WENT TO VISIT A 65 YEARS OLD NASHVILLE COMPANY ENJOYING THE RESURGENCE OF VINYL RECORDS.

>> DOYLE >> LET'S SEE, THAT'S ONE I DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE.

CHET ATKINS.

-- CHET ATKINS TEENSVILLE.

I'VE GOT A BIG COLLECTION BUT WHEN CD'S STARTED COMING IN I THOUGHT I MIGHT AS WELL JUNK THESE.

I'M GLAD I DIDN'T BECAUSE VINYL IS WHERE IT'S AT THESE DAYS.

IT'S GOOD FOR PLACES LIKE THIS.

GRIMEY'S RECORDS OF NASHVILLE.

>> ROB >> DOYLE DAVIS IS ONE OF THE OWNERS AT GRIMY'S.

>> WHATEVER MAGIC IS IN THE RECORDS IT.GOT US WHEN WE WERE KIDS FALLING IN LOVE WITH MUSIC, IT STILL WORKS.

IT REQUIRES A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION BE PAID.

THE CULTURE MOVES SO FAST, EVERYTHING IS SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE.

STOP, KICK BACK, PUT ON A RECORD, I MEAN PEOPLE HAVE LISTENING PARTIES AROUND PLAYING VINYL.

THEY DON'T REALLY DO THAT WITH THE IPODS AND IPHONES.

>> ROB >> WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE FOLKS AT UNITED RECORD PRESSING IN NASHVILLE, ACCORDING TO MARKETING DIRECTOR JAY MALONE.

>> JAY >> WE'RE PRETTY BUSY.

WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING 24 HOURS A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK, FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE YEAR.

THINGS ARE BUSY.

PEOPLE ARE WANTING VINYL >> ROB >> THE VINYL RECORDS HAVE BEEN BREAD AND BUTTER AROUND HERE FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.

>> THE COMPANY HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1949.

WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS LOCATION SINCE 1962.

WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY OPENED THEY WERE CALLED SOUTHERN PLASTICS AND CHANGED THE NAME TO UNITED IN 1971.

WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED THEY JUST DID 45'S OR SEVEN INCH RECORDS.

CURRENTLY WE'LL DO SEVEN INCH, 10 INCH, 12 INCH AND ODD, UNIQUE SIZES LIKE 8 INCH OR 13 INCH CD-SIZED RECORDS AND ALL KINDS OF ODD STUFF.

>> HERE THEY MAKE RECORDS AROUND 30,000 OF THEM A DAY, THE TRIED AND TRUE WAY.

FIRST OF COURSE IS THE MUSIC AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF THAT.

EVERYBODY WANTS VINYL.

>> JAY >> WHEN THE MUSIC COMES IN, WE HAVE A COMPANY WE USE HERE IN TOWN THAT CUTS THE LACQUERS AND THEN WE TAKE THOSE LACQUERS.

WE HAVE A PLATING FACILITY HERE IN OUR PLANT.

WE MAKE INVERSE METAL COPIES OF THOSE LACQUERS.

THOSE METAL PARTS ARE USED TO PRESS THE GROOVES INTO THE VINYL AND FOR THE VINYL WE GET THE VINYL IN, IN PELLET FORM, AND THOSE PELLETS ARE HEATED TO ABOUT 250 DEGREES AND SQUEEZED LIKE A TUBE OF TOOTH PASTE INTO A METAL CUP THAT FORMS SORT OF A BISCUIT OR HOCKEY PUCK AND THAT BISCUIT IS BROUGHT BELOW THE STAMP WITH A LABEL BELOW AND ABOVE.

THE LABELS ARE APPLIED TO THE RECORD BEFORE EVEN THE MUSIC IS APPLIED TO THE RECORD.

THERE'S NO ADHESIVE HOLDING THE LABELS ONTO THE RECORD.

THE VINYL IS THAT HOT THAT THE PAPER IS STICKING TO THE VINYL.

YOU HAVE THE A STAMP PER ON THE BOTTOM AND THE B SIDE STAMP PER COMES DOWN WITH ABOUT 6000 POUNDS OF PRESSURE AND PRESSES THOSE GROOVES INTO THE RECORD AND WHEN IT COMES BACK UP, THE UNTRIMMED RECORD GOES FORWARD.

IT'S GRABBED BY TRIM PADS WHICH SPIN THE RECORD WHILE A BLADE COMES DOWN AND CUTS OFF THE TRIMMINGS, THEN WE SAVE THOSE TRIMMINGS AND GRIND THEM UP AND REUSE IT TO MAKE MORE RECORDS.

>> ROB >> DEFINITELY AN EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE.

>> ROB >> THE RECORDS HAVE TO SOUND GOOD AND WHETHER THEY DO OR NOT IS OSCAR VALESCO'S JOB.

HE LISTENS TO A TEST PRESSING OF EVERY RECORD MADE HERE, SO HE SPENDS HIS DAYS LISTENING TO RECORDS.

>> OSCAR >> IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I REALLY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE A SINGLE DAY WHERE I'M NOT SITTING HERE AND THINK IT'S A PRETTY ALL RIGHT JOB.

I THINK I COULD BE DOING MUCH WORSE.

>> ROB >> AND NOT JUST THAT BUT YOU KNOW HISTORIC PLACE, TOO.

WHEN YOU THINK OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME HERE IN FACT, A PART OF A BUILDING IS SET ASIDE AS A MUSEUM, LIKE THIS PARTY ROOM.

>> JAY >> IT'S HOSTED ASSIGNING PARTY FOR A 16 YEARS OLD HANK WILLIAMS JUNIOR.

THERE'S BEEN EVENTS FOR THE SUPREMES, THE COWSILLS, SMOKEY ROBINSON, WAYNE NEWTON ALSO AT 16 YEARS OF AGE.

THERE WAS PROBABLY MORE, THE COMPANY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING SO THERE WASN'T REALLY A LOGBOOK OF PEOPLE WHO HAD EVENTS HERE AND THINGS.

>> ROB >> ONE ROOM RECALLS A TIME WHEN MUSIC BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE STAYED SEPARATED.

>> JAY >> IN 1962, THE COMPANY'S BIGGEST CLIENTS WERE MOTOWN AND VJ WHO HAD PREDOMINANTLY BLACK ARTISTS AND BLACK EXECUTIVES AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME THERE WAS FEW IF ANY HOTELS IN NASHVILLE WHO WOULD ACCEPT THOSE INDIVIDUALS DUE TO THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN SO UNITED CREATED THE APARTMENT ABOVE THE PLANT TO HOST THOSE INDIVIDUALS SO THEY'D HAVE A PLACE TO STAY WHEN THEY COME TO TOWN WHICH WAS FREQUENT FOR THEM TO COME INTO TOWN AND CHECK ON THEIR RECORDS AND SEE THE EXECUTIVES AND SOME OF THE ARTISTS FROM THE LABELS AND WHO WOULD STAY HERE SO THERE'S A LIVING ROOM AREA, LITTLE KITCHEN AREA, LITTLE BATHROOM, BEDROOM CALLED THE I LOVE LUCY BEDROOM WITH TWO SINGLE BEDS.

>> ROB >> THOSE DAYS ARE GONE BUT VINYL IS NOT.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A RECORD.

>> JAY >> THE RANGE OF SOUND THAT A VINYL RECORD CAN REPRODUCE IS REALLY CLOSE TO THE RANGE OF SOUND THAT YOU HEAR.

IT'S A VERY COMFORTING SOUND AND RANGE OF FREQUENCY, AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO JUST A SORT OF UNEXPLAINABLE MAGIC THAT ONLY COMES FROM THAT NEEDLE TOUCHING THE RECORD.

>> ROB >> TOUCHING THE RECORD WHICH COULD VERY LIKELY HAVE BEEN MADE RIGHT HERE AT UNITED RECORD PRESSING IN NASHVILLE.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> JOE >> THANK YOU, ROB.

CHANCES ARE ALL OF US HAVE A TALENT OF SOME SORT INSIDE US.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR TAKE THE TIME TO DEVELOP IT.

WELL, SUCH WAS THE CASE OF MARC BURNETT, WORK DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TIME TO NURTURE HIS PAINTING TALENT, UNTIL HE FOUND HIMSELF FLAT ON HIS BACK.

TERESSA BUSH HAS THE STORY.

>> TRESSA >> WHEN MRAC BURNETT WANTS TO ESCAPE THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF LIFE AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS AT TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY IN COOKEVILLE HE RETREATS TO HIS SPARE BEDROOM TO PAINT.

WHEN YOU TEACH YOURSELF AS MARC HAS DONE, YOU LEARN BY DOING IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.

BY TRIAL AND ERROR.

>> MARC >> A LOT OF WHAT I DO IS EXPERIMENTAL SO I CAN SIT DOWN AND BE PAINTING SOMETHING AND GO THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OR THAT BRUSH IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HALF THE TIME WHICH BRUSHES TO USE.

I JUST PICK UP ONE AND MOVE IT AROUND ON THE PAPER A LITTLE BIT AND GO AH, THAT WILL DO WHAT I WANT IT TO DO.

I CAN DO A WHOLE PAINTING WITH ONE BRUSH.

I HEARD PEOPLE USE THREE OR FOUR.

I CAN DO A WHOLE PAINTING WITH ONE BRUSH.

>> TRESSA >> MARC'S ATTRACTION TO ART BEGAN WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP IN ALCOA, TENNESSEE.

LIKE MOST CHILDREN, HE LOVED TO GET HIS HANDS ON A COLORING BOOK, BUT HIS WASN'T LIKE ALL OF THE OTHERS.

>> MARC >> I WOULD HAVE THE NEATEST COLORING BOOK YOU WOULD EVER SEE.

NOTHING OUTSIDE OF THE LINES, NONE OF THAT STUFF.

THEN COMIC BOOKS, I HAD A SLEW OF THEM, I WOULD PULL THEM OUT.

BATMAN WAS MY FAVORITE.

I SET IT OVER HERE AND I'D SIT OVER HERE AND DRAW.

>> TRESSA >> IN HIGH SCHOOL MARC TOOK ONE ART CLASS AND THEN NONE IN COLLEGE.

HE WAS TOO BUSY PLAYING BASKETBALL, BUT IN PRIVATE HE SKETCHED AND PAINTED FROM TIME TO TIME AND AT ONE POINT HE CONSIDERED A CAREER IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING.

BUT THAT ALL CHANGED WHEN TENNESSEE TECH OFFERED HIM A CAREER IN STUDENT AFFAIRS.

ART DRIFTED TO THE BACK OF HIS MIND.

THAT IS, UNTIL THE SPRING OF 1999.

THAT'S WHEN TWO OF MARC'S COLLEAGUES FROM TENNESSEE TECH CAME TO VISIT HIM AT HOME WHERE HE WAS RECUPERATING FROM A NEAR FATAL CAR CRASH.

>> MARC >> THEY CAME IN AND THEY SAID WE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.

OF COURSE AGAIN I WAS STILL KIND OF AGITATED ABOUT EVERYTHING AND I SAID WELL IT CAN'T BE ANYTHING FOR SPORTS I KNOW, BECAUSE I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

THEY SAID WELL WE HAVE THIS LITTLE WATER COLOR PAINT SET.

THEY JUST HAD THIS LOOK ON THEIR FACE LIKE WE GOT HIM NOW KIND OF THING.

I SAID THANK YOU AND PUT IT ON THE TABLE AND KIND OF WENT OFF.

I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH.

>> TRESSA >> MARC SOON DECIDED HE WOULD NOT LET THAT INEXPENSIVE WATER COLOR SET GO TO WASTE SO HE ASKED HIS WIFE TO GET HIM SOME 4 X 6 CARDS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR WATER COLOR PAINTING.

AND THIS IS HIS FIRST VERY FIRST ONE, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE REST OF THE CARDS ON THE TABLE, IT OPENED UP A FLOODGATE OF CREATIVITY.

MARC COULD NOT STOP PAINTING.

HE WOULD PAINT ONE CARD AND THEN ANOTHER AND ANOTHER AND SOON HE REALIZED THIS WAS MAKING HIM FEEL BETTER.

>> MARC >> BECAUSE I STARTED TO FEEL LESS STRESSED, LESS WORRIED, LESS AGITATED AND AGE TAKES WAS THE MAJOR THING YOU KNOW.

YOU GO FROM DOING EVERYTHING TO DOG NOTHING.

I JUST HAD TO FIND ANOTHER OUTLET AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.

>> TRESSA >> AS HIS RECUPERATION CONTINUED, MARC TURNED SOME OF HIS MINIATURE PAINTINGS INTO LARGER ONES, AND HIS CREATIVE SIDE JUST KEPT GROWING AND GROWING.

HE EVEN DABBLED WITH OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTS BUT ALWAYS CAME BACK TO HIS VERY FIRST LOVE, WATER COLOR.

>> MARC >> I LIKE WATERCOLORS.

I FIND IT FASCINATING JUST USING THE WATER WITH THE PAINT AND DO WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT MEDIUM.

>> TRESSA >> MARC'S WORK CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SOME GALLERY OWNERS BUT HE QUICKLY FOUND OUT THAT WORKING ON DEADLINE SOLEY FOR MONEY AND NEVER KNOWING WHAT PURCHASED HIS WORK JUST WASN'T FOR HIM.

FOR MARC, PAINTING IS PERSONAL.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO, IT'S WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.

SO THESE DAYS, HIS FOCUS IS ON PAINTING FOR PEOPLE HE KNOWS OR THOSE HE MEETS, AND EVEN THEN HE HAS TO BE MOVED.

>> MARC >> I HAVE TO FEEL IT.

I HAVE TO BE ALMOST EMOTIONALLY TIED TO IT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ENJOY IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PARTICULARLY TELL ME YOU LIKE IT, THAT YOU GET IT.

I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU DO.

AGAIN IT'S PERSONAL.

IF I DO PAINTING FOR YOU, I'M GIVING YOU A PART OF ME.

>> TRESSA >> NO PAINTING SESSION GOES BY WITHOUT MARC THINKING OF THE CRASH AND WONDERING WOULD I BE DOING THIS IF I HADN'T GOTTEN HURT?

IT'S A QUESTION WITH NO CLEAR ANSWER.

BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR, THE NEAR DEATH CRASH DID BRING OUT THE TALENT THAT WAS INSIDE OF MARC ALL ALONG, AND FOR THAT, HE'S THANKFUL.

>> MARC >> I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME I SAY I MAY PAINT AWHILE AS LONG AS I'M NOT IN ANOTHER CAR WRECK.

GET ANOTHER HIT IN THE HEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY BUT THE END RESULT IS I'M GLAD.

IT'S A GIFT GOD GIVES YOU SO I TRY TO NOT WASTE IT AND BE MINDFUL OF IT.

>> JOE >> WE HAVE JUST ABOUT REACH THE END OF OUR JOURNEY FOR THIS WEEK.

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WE'RE GOING TO CHATTANOOGA WHERE KEN WILSHIRE DISCOVERS A FAMILY RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.

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IN NASHVILLE TAMMI ARENDER MEETS AN INSTRUCTOR AND HIS CRIME FIGHTING DOG AND THEN ALAMO, TENNESSEE WITH SUSAN WATTSON, WHERE A MAN BUILT HIS OWN TURN OF THE CENTURY VILLAGE.

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