Carl Robert Butler was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 2 1924. He grew up inluenced by Roy Acuff and the old time music around his home. He began sining at local dances at the age of 12 andafter service in World War II, sang with several Bluegrass bands and then as a solo at on numerous radio shows, including the "mid Day Merry Go Round" on WNOX in Knoxville, Tennessee. During this period he met Pearl Dee Jones, a Nashville native born September 30, 1927, who he married in 1952.

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