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Senator Tom Heflin with violin, 1928
Alabama Senator Tom Heflin poses with a violin delivered anonymously to his Washington, D.C. office, 1928. The senator’s rabidly anti-Catholic pronouncements, widely denounced by his colleagues and the press, drew comparisons to the despotic emperor…
Woodstock Bluegrass Festival, 1971
Fiddler Horace Worley at the Woodstock, Alabama, Bluegrass Festival, November 1971.
Country Boy Eddie Campaigns for Ryan deGraffenried, 1962
Since the 1946 election of Big Jim Folsom, country (or "hillbilly") music had become an essential piece of any candidate's campaign for the Alabama governorship; by 1962, every candidate had his own band. Here, Birmingham's popular, long-running…
Earnest Mostella
Fiddle maker Earnest Mostella (1908-2003), Ashville, Alabama.
Photo by Frank Philips, Courtesy Frank Philips.
Photo by Frank Philips, Courtesy Frank Philips.
Earnest Mostella (1908-2003)
Funeral program for fiddler and instrument maker John Earnest Mostella (1908-2003), Ashville, Alabama.
Program provided by Frank Philips.
Program provided by Frank Philips.
I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me
Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Leather Britches
Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Falling
Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
I Want to Say Hello
Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Tennessee Wagoner
Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Chinese Breakdown
Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Red Wing
Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Johnson Family Photo (1)
The Johnson Family Band. Standing, left to right: Leon Johnson, H. Johnson, Bert Stewart, Ras Johnson, Aldous Johnson. Seated left to right: Imogene Pledger, Elma Johnson, Ella Johnson.
Photo courtesy George Johnson.
Photo courtesy George Johnson.
Johnson Family Photo (2)
Photo courtesy George Johnson.
Photo: The Johnson Family with Pianist Del Wood
This photo captures a visit to the Johnson Family by Grand Ole Opry star Del Wood, who made a guest appearance on one of the Johnsons' weekly radio broadcasts in the early 1950s. Wood scored a major hit on the Billboard pop and country charts in 1951…
Photo: The Johnson Family, with Dancers
Photo courtesy George Johnson.
Tab Ward and Buna Hicks
Tab Ward and Buna Hicks, c. March 1965.
Women Dancing While Buna Hicks Fiddles
Women dancing while Buna Hicks fiddles, c. April 1965.
Tab Ward and Unidentified Banjo Player
Tab Ward playing fiddle with unidentified banjo player.
Buna Hicks with Fiddle
Buna Hicks with fiddle, August 1966.