Born in McCracken County, Kentucky, Kasper “Stranger” Malone (1909 – 2005) set out on his own at the age of fifteen and soon landed in Rome, Georgia, where he connected with some of the pioneers of old-time country string-band music. In 1926,…
Erskine Hawkins performs with the Birmingham Heritage Band at the annual Function at the Junction in Ensley, Alabama, July 23, 1988. Amos Gordon conducts in the band. Henry Blankenship sings.
Begun in 1985 in Ensley's Tuxedo Junction Park, the…