On The Path To Success
When Roy Acuff, of the Grand Ole Opry, took his act to Japan, Tabuchi attended his concert and met him after the show. Acuff told Tabuchi that if he was ever in Nashville to look him up. Acuff's music inspired Tabuchi to pursue country/blugrass music. During college, Tabuchi formed a band called the Bluegrass Ramblers and won a national contest in Japan. He then decided to travel to America with his violin and $500. After residing in San Francisco, Kansas City, and Louisiana, he eventually made it to Nashville to meet Acuff. Acuff was true to his word and arranged an appearance for the young Japanese fiddler on the Grand Ole Opry radio variety show. Tabuchi later made numerous appearances on the Grand Ole Opry.
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