He's now the host at Cooter's Place in Sperryville, Va., where his place boasts great music, food and a display of Dukes memorabilia. Because of the show's large fan club that numbers in the thousands across the world, Hazard residents are constantly being asked if they come from the Dukes of Hazzard country. According to Cherry, the series was actually filmed in Covington, Ga., for five episodes, then Hollywood took over from there. Cherry was on hand to greet fans and carry on the longstanding tradition of the Hazzard cast visiting Hazard at the Black Gold Festival. Twenty years ago, the entire cast was flown in for a grand appearance with Bach enjoying the local culture.
Stories still circulate about their last visit, say locals.
Meanwhile, Cherry, who lives in California, travels for appearances with Pearl Cornett who shows the General Lee and Dukes memorabilia in a travelling trailer. In fact they just attended a gathering of 30,000 fans at Cooter's Place. Apparently a big fan of the Dukes of Hazzard T.V. series, Pearl Cornett bought the reconditioned car and drives it right into the traveling museum, filled with Duke memorabilia, to take both around North America for all the fans to see. Some of the biggest fans are located in Hazard. Cornett explained how in the creation of the show, the producers called to ask the mayor of Hazard permission to use the town's name for the show.