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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,…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…
Frank Adams
Frank Adams, 1978
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…
E. D. "Ras" Johnson Composition: "Melody of Memories"
Original sheet music for E. D. "Ras" Johnson composition, "Melody of Memories," 1974.
Courtesy George Johnson.
Courtesy George Johnson.
E. D. "Ras" and Ella Johnson Composition: "Our Baby"
Original sheet music for E. D. "Ras" and Ella Johnson composition, "Our Baby," dedicated to their niece Elizabeth, 1970.
"Elizabeth you are now three months old and we are trying to tell you how much we love you with this little song. 'OUR BABY.'…
"Elizabeth you are now three months old and we are trying to tell you how much we love you with this little song. 'OUR BABY.'…
Cleve Eaton
Bassist Cleveland "Cleve" Eaton in Chicago, 1974.
Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Cleve Eaton (1934-2020) moved to Chicago in 1960, becoming an active figure in the city's jazz scene. In 1964 he joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, performing for ten years…
Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Cleve Eaton (1934-2020) moved to Chicago in 1960, becoming an active figure in the city's jazz scene. In 1964 he joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, performing for ten years…
Big Freada Wallace and Birmingham Mayor George Seibels, 1974
Big Freada Wallace, a mainstay of the Birmingham nightclub scene, at the piano with Birmingham Mayor George Seibels, City Hall Christmas party, December 1974.
Aunt Bertha Robinson
Aunt Bertha Robinson was born in Jackson County, Alabama, near the community of Lem Rock, in 1904; the family moved to nearby New Market when she was seven or eight years old. She picked up and adapted her distinctive two-finger picking style from a…