The 2016 inductees included Waldo Davis, an old-time fiddler and radio and TV personality from near Leapwood, Tennessee, who became one of the most revered and imitated fiddle and harmonica players of the early and mid-twentieth century, performed on concert stages, community dances, fiddle contests, and regional radio and TV programs across North Mississippi, West Tennessee, and Middle Tennessee, and appeared briefly on the Grand Ole Opry; Bobby Joe "Bo Jack" Killingsworth of Stantonville, Tennessee, a country and rockabilly entertainer who began with his own band, The Montclairs, played clubs along the Tennessee-Mississippi state line, then spent nearly forty years playing guitar and comic relief in Eddie Bond's band, The Stompers, touring the U.S. and sharing stages with major show business performers, and was also inducted into national and international rockabilly halls of fame; Arlas "Bo" and Neil English, bluegrass musicians from Mud Creek, Tennessee, who first performed publicly with their brother Arnold English's Dixie Hayriders, after grounding in traditional music at home, with Bo advancing from guitar and mandolin to respected fiddle playing and longtime membership in the Hatchie Bottom Boys, and Neil moving from bass fiddle to electric bass in Carl Mann's band before becoming one of the region's best dobro players; and Dwight and Freda Locke, a southern rock and country duo deeply rooted in local music tradition, partners in life and music, who performed in venues ranging from churches and benefits to professional concert stages and formed the heart and soul of the Gunner Lee Band, one of the area's most popular country and southern rock bands of the late twentieth century.