Uncle Dave was more that a musician, he was an entertainer and a performer. As a shameless self promoter and emtertainer he brought to Radio Music and the Opry the style of the Medicine Show and The Minstrel Show. Up to that point stage shows for the Cultured white audiences were quite often formal and a bit stiff. Dave Macon fixed that...

http://www.starrgennett.org/stories/profiles/dave_macon.htm

Bill Knowlton is an acquaintance of mine and his study of Uncle Dave explains it all.

Don