When Parton began appearing on Farm and Home Hour, Walker felt he needed to protect her from the various musicians surrounding her. “I went on a lot of show dates I wouldn’t have went on, but she was ...

The stories about country and pop superstar Dolly Parton and how Cas Walker gave her her first singing job on radio and television are well known. At the age of 10 she became a regular on his early ...

The historic Cas Walker grocery store site in Bearden, which once offered the staples of life, will now offer a few luxuries. The location at 5613 Kingston Pike, which was more recently an antique ...

When Parton was about 10 years old, she started singing on The Cas Walker Show. At one of the events Walker put on, there was a contest called the “greasy pole.” It involved a telephone pole that was ...

Knoxville - Clarence F. "Cas" Walker, age 92, of Knoxville passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, June 1, 2021 after a stroke. Cas drove a truck across the country for many years. In 1963 he ...

Happy Birthday Dolly Parton! You sound as pretty today as you did when you when you first started out singing on the Cas Walker show years ago. East Tennessee is proud to call you one of our own.