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Interview with Slim Bryant, recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, May 24, 1996. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1908, songwriter, singer, and guitarist Thomas Hoyt “Slim” Bryant made his first recordings in 1928 as a member of the Harmony Boys string band. He…

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DLH : Braxton Schuffert Transcript.pdf
Interview with Braxton Schuffert (1916–2013), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, September 1, 2001.Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Braxton Gordon Schuffert – best known as one of Hank Williams’s earliest friends, mentors, and bandmates – was an…

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Darwin Lee Hill, host of Darwin Lee's Real Hillbilly Music Show. Photo by Chas Gibson, 2009. Courtesy Darwin Lee Hill.

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DLH Don Helms Transcript.pdf
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…

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Interview with Felton Pruett.pdf
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…

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DLH, Vernon Oxford Interview.mp3
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,…

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DLH Jett Williams Transcript.pdf
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…

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DLH Big Bill Lister 7-15-01 Transcript.pdf
Interview with Big Bill Lister (1923-2009), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 15, 2001. Texas-born Big Bill Lister was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, Capitol recording artist, and close associate of Hank Williams, with whom he toured and…

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DLH Lum York Transcript.pdf
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…

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DLH : Arthur Smith Transcript.pdf
Interview with Arthur Smith, recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, December 2, 2002.

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DLH : Howard Vokes Transcript.pdf
Interview with Howard Vokes (1931-2018), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill at the home of Howard Vokes, New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Vokes and Hill are joined by Vokes’ old friend, the country artist Hank King.Interview concludes at 32:40 and is followed…

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Interview with Leona Williams, conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill, September 8, 2004.

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Interview with Lawton Williams, conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill, Feburary 1, 2003.

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Brief interview with bluegrass guitarist and bandleader Josh Williams, recorded by Darwin Lee Hill during intermission at a performance at Temple Beth-el in Poughkeepsie, New York, October 20, 2010.

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DLH : Doc Williams Transcript.pdf
Interview with Doc Williams (1914-2011), conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill. A full print transcript is included, along with the audio.

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DLH : Billy Walker Transcript.pdf
Interview with Billy Walker (1929-2006), conducted over the phone by Darwin Lee Hill, March 1, 2003.A longtime fixture of the Grand Ole Opry, Walker recorded numerous country hits and enjoyed a decades-long career, from the late 1940s until his death…

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Brian Turpen, author ofRamblin' Man: Short Stories from the Life of Hank Williams (2007), discusses Hank Williams with Darwin Lee Hill, December 14, 2010.

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Darwin Lee Hill interviews Lucky Tubb at Hill's home in Poughkeepsie, New York, July 12, 2013.Later that night, Hill speaks with members of Lucky Tubb's Modern Troubadours during a break at McCauley's Tavern in Poughkeepsie. Featured band members…

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Three interviews with Lucky Tubb, all conducted in person by Darwin Lee Hill during Tubb's visits to the Hudson Valley of New York.December 12, 2009 [Running time: 8:23]June 26, 2010 [Running time: 14:07]April 1, 2011 [Running time: 20:45]See also…

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Brief interview conducted by Darwin Lee Hill with Joan Harrison and Betsy Rome, members of Too Blue, at the Hudson River Arts Festival, September 16, 2006.

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