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Lum York Interview
Interview with Lum York (1918-2004), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, December 5, 2003.Born in Elmore, Alabama, just north of Montgomery, William Herbert “Lum” York worked off and on, from 1944 to 1949, as “bass fiddler” and comedian in Hank Williams’s…
Jett Williams Interview
Interview with Jett Williams (b. 1953), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 27, 2002.
Born Antha Belle Jett on January 6, 1953 — just five days after the death of her father — Jett Williams is the daughter of Hank Williams and Bobbie Jett. She was…
Vernon Oxford
Interview with Vernon Oxford (1941-2023), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 12, 2002.Born in Arkansas and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, Vernon Oxford was the youngest of seven children born to a musical family. In 1964, he moved to Nashville,…
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…
Music Memories and Jazz Report (Winter 1963)
Winter 1963 issue of Music Memories and Jazz Report (Vol. 3, No. 6). The issue marked the merger of Patrick Cather's Birmingham-basedMusic Memories Monthlywith the Ventura, California-basedJazz Report, edited by Paul Affledt. Included in this issue,…
Felton Pruett Interview
Interview with Felton Pruett (1928-1918), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, August 29, 2003.
Born in Many, Louisiana, steel guitarist Felton Pruett (1928-2018) played the Louisiana Hayride from 1948 to 1960, the entire run of the influential country…
Don Helms Interview
Interview with Don Helms (1927-2008), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, March 2, 2002.
In 1943, at the age of seveneteen, steel guitarist Don Helms joined the band of an up-and-coming Hank Williams, performing dates across south Alabama as a member of…
Hardrock Gunter and Fans (3 Photos)
Sidney Louie "Hardrock" Gunter (1925-2013) poses with fans at Pennsylvania's Santa Fe Ranch. 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.…
Hardrock Gunter and Family
Sidney Louie "Hardrock" Gunter (1925-2013) poses with his wife and daughter.
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…
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…
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…
Uncle Bob Helton's Blue Ridge Boys
Uncle Bob Helton and his Blue Ridge Boys at Montgomery radio station WMGY, circa 1940s. Left to right: Luke Sheahan, George Mayhew, Cuss Thorpe, "Uncle" Bob Helton, Duff Sherer, Todd Williams, and Kilroy Entreken. Helton’s band performed and…