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Country Boy Eddie Promo Photo.jpeg
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.

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ARM 253 Dot Henderson.jpeg
Painting of Dorothy "Dot" Henderson by Craig Legg, 2023. #253 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 114 Happy Wainwright.jpg
Painting of Happy Wainwright and the Kings of the Hillbillies at radio station WKRG in Mobile, Alabama, by Craig Legg. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 32 The Alabama Hayloft.jpg
Painting of The Alabama Hayloft radio show at WAPI in Birmingham, by Craig Legg, 2023. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 191 Joe Rumore.jpeg

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ARM 196 Dixie Jamboree.jpeg
Painting: Poster for the WVOK Dixie Jamboree by Craig Legg, 2023. #116 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 323 Uncle Bob Helton.jpeg
Painting of Uncle Bob Helton by Craig Legg, 2024. #323 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 304 Ripple Rhythm Four.jpeg
Painting of The (Ripple) Rhythm Four, featuring Sonny Blount (young Sun Ra), by Craig Legg, 2024. #304 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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Happy Hal Burns, Modern Cannon Ball 1.jpg
Sheet music for "Modern Cannon Ball" by A. P. Carter, Bill Boyd, and Earl Nunn, as featured by Hal Burns. Peer International Corporation, New York, New York, 1942.

Cover includes a photo of Hal Burns and his dog, Sissy, at Memphis radio station…

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ARM 122 Patsy Preston.jpeg
Painting of Patsy Preston by Craig Legg, 2023. #122 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 120 Harry Blevins & the Steel City Playboys.jpeg
Painting of Harry Blevins and The Steel City Playboys by Craig Legg, 2023. #120 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 27 Hank Williams' Drifiting Cowboys.jpeg
Painting of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys by Craig Legg, 2023. #027 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 011 The Plow Pushers.jpeg
Painting of The Plow Pushers by Craig Legg, 2023. #011 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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ARM 010 WAPI String Band.jpeg
Painting of the WAPI String Band by Craig Legg, 2023. #010 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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George Johnson Interview Transcript.pdf
Interview with George Johnson, November 20, 2023, conducted by Burgin Mathews at Johnson's home. The grandson of Ras and Ella Johnson of the Johnson Family Stringband, George Johnson reflects on his family's musical legacy. Full transcript and audio…

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Grandpappy Lee Bonds 1.jpeg
1949 songbook for Grandpappy Lee Bonds, country music performer on Gadsden, Alabama, radio station WGWD.

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Hal Burns Songbook 1.jpeg
1940 songbook for Birmingham, Alabama, radio personality Happy Hal Burns. Includes selections of Spirituals, Songs of Romance, Hymns, and Western Ballads, in addition to photos, "Inspirational Thoughts," and endorsements of Burns's sponsor, the…

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Jay & Swingbillies Steel Guitar Rag Label.jpeg
One-of-a-kind acetate disc recording by Jay and the Swingbillies. Recorded for radio station WVOK, Birmingham, Alabama.Jay & Swingbillies: "Steel Guitar Rag"Swing-Billies: "Sugarfoot Boogie"From the estate of Dan Brennan. Courtesy John Horton.

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Rebe Gosdin Pray Pray Pray Label.jpg
One-of-a-kind acetate disc recording of Rebe Gosdin and the Sunny Valley Gang, "Pray, Pray, Pray." Recorded March 9, 1954, for radio station WBAM (Montgomery, Alabama). The reverse side of this disc contains a recording of "Release Me" by…

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Shorty Sullivan Release Me Label.jpeg
One-of-a-kind acetate disc recording by Shorty Sullivan, March 8, 1954, for radio station WBAM (Montgomery, Alabama). Sullivan performs "Release Me," the country standard written in 1949 by Eddie Miller and Robert Yount.The reverse side of this disc…

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