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"They live on in our hearts": Ole Rex's Pickin' Park, Henderson, Alabama
Community member tributes at Ole Rex's Pickin' Park, Henderson, Alabama. Photo by Burgin Mathews, 2022.
2 Photos: Dan & Clara Brennan
Two photographs of radio personality Dan Brennan and his wife Clara, Birmingham, Alabama. The first shows the young couple at radio station WVOK. In the second, the couple embraces; lipstick kisses adorn the back of the photo.Dan and Clara Brennan…
3 Postcards: Dan Brennan / WVOK
Three promotional photo postcards for WVOK radio personality Dan Brennan, Birmingham, Alabama. Also featured in the postcards are Brennan's wife Clara and members of their growing family, children Danny and Susan.Born in Brickyard, Alabama, Brennan —…
Ad: Dan Brennan / Dixie Jamboree
Advertisement for "The Dixie Jamboree," hosted by Dan Brennan, WVOK, Birmingham, Alabama. Begun in the late 1940s and continuing into the 1960s, WVOK's "Dixie Jamboree" featured live music broadcast from Birmingham's National Guard Armory. Hosted by…
Aileen, Geraldine, and Lorene Loudermilk
Photo of sisters Aileen, Geraldine (Geri), and Lorene Loudermilk.The youngest sisters of country music duo Ira and Charlie Louvin, the sisters themselves performed in the early 1960s as the Slater Sisters (taking Aileen's married name). Geri elected…
Aunt Bertha Robinson
Aunt Bertha Robinson was born in Jackson County, Alabama, near the community of Lem Rock, in 1904; the family moved to nearby New Market when she was seven or eight years old. She picked up and adapted her distinctive two-finger picking style from a…
Banjo Player, Splunge Creek Bluegrass Festival, 1998
Banjo player, Splunge Creek Bluegrass Festival, Winston County, Alabama, 1998. Photo by Burgin Mathews.
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Bob Jones Promotional Brochure
Promotional brochure for Dixie Records artist Bob Jones of Atalla, Alabama, circa 1964. Courtesy John Horton.
Capa Records Advertisement
Advertisement for Mobile, Alabama's Capa Records, featuring Johnny Foster, Kitty Hawkins, and Boots Till. On January 2, 1964, the Chocktaw Advocate [Butler, AL] noted that "Capa Records was formed to give Mobilians a chance to perform and still stay…
Colonel Monero Allen Loudermilk and Georgianne Wooten Loudermilk with their oldest children, Charlsie and Ira Loudermilk (Ira Louvin)
Photograph of Colonel Monero Allen Loudermilk and Georgianne Wooten Loudermilk with their oldest children, Charlsie and Ira Loudermilk, 1920s. Ira and his brother Charlie (not pictured) would gain fame as the celebrated country music duo, the Louvin…
Country Boy Eddie Promotional Photo
Promotional photo for Country Boy Eddie (Gordon Edwards Burns), c. 1980s. Autographed c. 2016.A longtime fixture of Birmingham radio and television, Burns hosted the early-morningCountry Boy Eddie Show on WBRC-TV from 1957 to 1993.
Cowboy Jimmie Cantrell: "Tennessee Moon" & "Filipino Baby (Acetate Disc / Audio)
One-of-a-kind acetate disc recording by Cowboy Jimmie Cantrell, April 4, 1949. Courtesy John Horton.Tennessee Moon
Filipino Baby
Dan Brennan at WVOK
Photo of radio personality, businessman, and concert promoter Dan Brennan (1930-2020), WVOK, Birmingham, Alabama. Born in Brickyard, Alabama, Brennan — along with his older brothers Bill and Cyril — belonged to a powerful family of radio…
Hank Williams Memorial Day: 1954 Newspaper Section
In September 1954, the city of Montgomery, Alabama, hosted a Hank Williams Memorial Day, celebrating what would have been the singer's thirty-first birthday. Williams had died on New Year's Day, 1953, and the world of country music was shaken by the…
Happy Hal Burns Business Card ("Life Membership in My Happy Club")
Lifetime membership card for Happy Hal Burns's "Happy Club," c. 1980s-1990s. "You can't sprinkle the Perfume of Happiness on others without spilling a few drops on yourself." Card includes the number for Happy Hal's hotline (979-HAPP), which greeted…
Happy Hal Burns on his Tractor
Birmingham radio personality Happy Hal Burns on his tractor, 1955.
Happy Hal Burns, 1955 Publicity Photo
Happy Hal Burns (Harold Frank Byrnes) was a popular, longtime Birmingham radio personality and a mentor to many of the city’s “hillbilly” and country acts, including Hank Penny, Sidney “Hardrock” Gunter, and Gordon Edwards “Country Boy Eddie” Burns…
Happy Hal Burns, Wartime Publicity Photo
Happy Hal Burns, Birmingham radio personality, “and his little dog ‘Sissy’” in a wartime promotional photo. Photo is addressed to Mrs. M. R. Daniels in Thomasville, NC, and accompanied by a form letter from Happy Hal’s sponsor, the American Snuff…
Happy Wilson and His Golden River Boys
Photo of Happy Wilson and his Golden River Boys, Birmingham, Alabama. Pictured left to right are Billy Tucker, Ted Crabtree, Sammy Pruett, Louise Linard, Happy Wilson, and Jim O’Day. Sponsors identified in the photo are White Tulip Corn Meal and…
Hardrock Gunter (2 Photos)
Two fan-made photos of Sidney Louie "Hardrock" Gunter (1925-2013). The Birmingham, Alabama-born country musician got his start in the 1930s as a member of the Hoot Owl Ramblers and, then, Happy Wilson's Golden River Boys. His first two singles on the…