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While the history of the Grand Ole Opry sets its date of establishment in 1925,[{{cite web|title=Our Story – The Show that Made Country Music Famous|url=https://www.opry.com/our-story/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920202551/https://www.opry.com/our-story/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 20, 2020|publisher=Grand Ole Opry|access-date=March 1, 2022}}] the formation of its house band is not well-documented. By at least as early as 1940, it was reported that Grand Ole Opry member [[Roy Acuff]], "whose 'Grand Ole Opry' band has entertained with hill billy music at each rally this week", was appearing in support of the presidential campaign of [[Wendell Willkie]].[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal-halls-rally-is-big/195037308/|title=Halls Rally Is Biggest Yet By GOP In County|date=July 25, 1940|pages=2|work=The Knoxville Journal|via=newspapers.com}}] Clarence "Mac" McGarr, previously of The Missouri Mountaineers, began as the fiddler for the band by 1941,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/19132496/|title=Home-Spun Music on KTBS Program |date=May 31, 1941|pages=12|work=The Shreveport Times|via=newspapers.com}}] and became the bandleader later in the 1940s. |
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While the history of the Grand Ole Opry sets its date of establishment in 1925,[{{cite web|title=Our Story – The Show that Made Country Music Famous|url=https://www.opry.com/our-story/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920202551/https://www.opry.com/our-story/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 20, 2020|publisher=Grand Ole Opry|access-date=March 1, 2022}}] the formation of its house band is not well-documented. By at least as early as 1940, it was reported that Grand Ole Opry member [[Roy Acuff]], "whose 'Grand Ole Opry' band has entertained with hill billy music at each rally this week", was appearing in support of the presidential campaign of [[Wendell Willkie]].[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-journal-halls-rally-is-big/195037308/|title=Halls Rally Is Biggest Yet By GOP In County|date=July 25, 1940|pages=2|work=The Knoxville Journal|via=newspapers.com}}] Clarence "Mac" McGarr, previously of The Missouri Mountaineers, began as the fiddler for the band by 1941,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/19132496/|title=Home-Spun Music on KTBS Program |date=May 31, 1941|pages=12|work=The Shreveport Times|via=newspapers.com}}] and became the bandleader later in the 1940s. |
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