He sure was good. Smooth, natural, great pipes. One of his wives was Skeeter Davis.

Here's a story I'd never heard before about Ralph Emery and his feud with The Byrds, of all groups. It happened after Roger McGuinn and company appeared on The Grand Ol' Opry and then Emery's show on WSM. He wasn't impressed with either performance and blatantly told them so. 

"No recordings or transcripts have surfaced of either the Opry or WSM appearances, so there’s little way of knowing whether it’s true that Emery actually told them on-air, and not just off-, just how bad he thought their music was. But the events certainly made a lasting impression on all parties."

The Byrds' Graham Parsons later wrote an insulting song mentioning the famous DJ, and it proved they weren't too impressed with him, either. Both sides made peace many years later during an appearance on Emery's cable show, a moment forever enshrined on YouTube.

How Nashville Legend Ralph Emery Dissed Country-Rock Pioneers the Byrds — and the Night They Buried the Hatchet