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Jack Neely

Jack Neely

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Contributing Editor, Executive Director of Knoxville History Project, Hard Knox Wire

Knoxville

Final Covers

jefferson, clearfield, elk counties) , central pennsylvania (centre, Blair , Huntingdon

Doesn’t Cover

sports and medicine

Journalist Type

Seniority Positions

Content

Total articles 98

  • From Mardi Gras to Mardi Growl

    By Jack Neely| visitknoxville.com@ After 150 years of envying the Gulf Coast Mardi Gras, we finally created our own version of it—and brought the dogs!Mardi Growl’s history is pretty recent and easy to track. Inspired by a similar event in St. Louis, it started in 2008, and has been a colorful, popular, and often a joyfully noisy spectacle, delighting dogs of all sizes, shapes, and colors, as well as a certain number of humans.

    By Jack Neely · visitknoxville.com

    Feb. 27, 2025

  • A Universal Language: Several Black Musicians from Knoxville have Become Known Around the World

    By Jack Neely| visitknoxville.com@ Knoxville has earned some acclaim for its country musicians. Several who started their careers on Knoxville radio, from Roy Acuff to Chet Atkins to Don Gibson to the Everly Brothers to Dolly Parton, became major stars. However, African American musicians in Knoxville have had a notable influence on popular music, even nationally, often in offbeat or surprising ways.

    By Jack Neely · visitknoxville.com

    Feb. 25, 2025

  • From Mardi Gras to Mardi Growl

    By Jack Neely| visitknoxville.com@ After 150 years of envying the Gulf Coast Mardi Gras, we finally created our own version of it—and brought the dogs!Mardi Growl’s history is pretty recent and easy to track. Inspired by a similar event in St. Louis, it started in 2008, and has been a colorful, popular, and often a joyfully noisy spectacle, delighting dogs of all sizes, shapes, and colors, as well as a certain number of humans.

    By Jack Neely · visitknoxville.com

    Feb. 27, 2025

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