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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…

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Ole Rex's Bluegrass Jamboree, Henderson, Alabama, April 9, 2022. Photo by Burgin Mathews.

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Ole Rex's Bluegrass Jamboree, Henderson, Alabama, April 9, 2022. Photo by Burgin Mathews.

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Monument to Rex Locklar, "The Father of Henderson Bluegrass," at Ole Rex's Pickin' Park, Henderson, Alabama. Photo 2022 by Burgin Mathews.

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Muddy Water Bluegrass Fest (Sign), Weogufka, Alabama, September 14, 2019. Photo by Burgin Mathews.

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Herman "Sonny" Blount left his earthly home of Birmingham in 1946 for a long and influential career as Sun Ra; in 1989, he returned to the "Magic City" for the first annual City Stages music festival. At the festival's opening "Street Strut" parade,…

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Banjo player, Splunge Creek Bluegrass Festival, Winston County, Alabama, 1998. Photo by Burgin Mathews.

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Jam circle, Splunge Creek Bluegrass Festival, Winston County, Alabama, 1998. Photo by Burgin Mathews.

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Jam circle, Splunge Creek Bluegrass Festival, Winston County, Alabama, 1998. Photo by Burgin Mathews.

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Fiddler Horace Worley at the Woodstock, Alabama, Bluegrass Festival, November 1971.

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Guitarist Junior Crowe at the Woodstock, Alabama, Bluegrass Festival, November 1971.

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