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Eddie Hinton (Interview & Radio Segment)
Interview with Eddie Hinton, recorded circa 1990 by Mark Harrelson, Birmingham, Alabama. Also included—along with the complete audio interview and its print transcript—is a short edited version of the conversation, incorporating music samples and…
Frank Adams
Frank Adams, 1978
Kenny Baker Interview
Interview with Kenny Baker (1926-2011), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 29, 2004. One of bluegrass music’s most revered and influential fiddlers, Baker is best known for his long-running career with Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys.A complete print…
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Mary Alice McCall, Publicity Photo
Publicity photo for Mary Alice McCall for Cleve Eaton's CleAnThair record label. In the early 1970s, Eaton produced three soul and funk singles by McCall:
"Wade in the Water" / "Blessed Assurance"
"I'm Moving Home" "Save the Tears and…
"Wade in the Water" / "Blessed Assurance"
"I'm Moving Home" "Save the Tears and…
Rabe Perkins Songbook (1972)
Rabe Perkins Sings. 1972 songbook, Birmingham, Alabama.In the 1940s and '50s, the duo Rebe and Rabe -- Revin "Rebe" Gosdin and Auburn J. C. "Rabe" Perkins -- established themselves as popular fixtures of Birmingham, Alabama, radio station WVOK.…
Ray Hicks Tells a Jack Tale
Ray Hicks tells a Jack Tale ("The Heifer Hide") after an interview with Jack Guy.Notes on original reel box: “This recording special for: Jack Guy / Recorded at Guy's Folk Toys and Home Industries 7 August 1970 ... Recording by Robert T. McCay, New…
Stanley Hicks and Ricky Presnell: Cripple Creek / Buck Dance
Stanley Hicks plays banjo while Ricky Presnell buck dances at Jack Guy' store. Introduction by Jack Guy.Notes on original reel box: “This recording special for: Jack Guy / Recorded at Guy's Folk Toys and Home Industries 7 August 1970 ... Recording by…
Stanley Hicks and Tedrey Harmon: Down in the Willow Garden
Stanley Hicks (banjo) and Tedrey Harmon (dulcimer) perform at Jack Guy's store.Notes on original reel box: “This recording special for: Jack Guy / Recorded at Guy's Folk Toys and Home Industries 7 August 1970 ... Recording by Robert T. McCay, New…
Stanley Hicks and Tedrey Harmon: Poor Ellen Smith
Stanley Hicks (banjo) and Tedrey Harmon (dulcimer) perform at Jack Guy's store. After losing part of a finger in a carpentry accident while building a dulcimer, Hicks adapted his banjo style to the absence of a digit, and continued to play; he…
Stanley Hicks, Tedrey Harmon, and Ricky Presnell: Cripple Creek / Buck Dance
Stanley Hicks (banjo) and Tedrey Harmon (dulcimer) perform at Jack Guy's store; Ricky Presnell buck dances. Introduction by Jack Guy.Notes on original reel box: “This recording special for: Jack Guy / Recorded at Guy's Folk Toys and Home Industries 7…
Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers' Convention (1973 Program)
Souvenir program for the 17th Annual Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers' Convention, Athens, Alabama, October 5-6, 1973. Includes a schedule of events, a brief history of the convention, contest rules, a list of past champion fiddlers, photos (of J.…
Tags: 1970s; 1973; Athens College; Athens, Alabama; Bill Mitchell; Bob Douglas; Bryson Wilemon; Dick Barrett; E. A. Cope; Fiddle; Fiddlers' Conventions; Fiddling; Frazier Moss; J. T. Perkins; James Bryan; Lena Hughes; Limestone County, Alabama; Old-Time Music; Sam Spencer; Tennessee Valley Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention
The Soul Controllers, Publicity Photo
Promotional photo for the Soul Controllers on Cleve Eaton's CleAnThair record label. Members of the Soul Controllers (originally founded in 1965 as the Epics) were students at Fairfield High School when they recorded their first single, "Right On,…