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Rebe Gosdin and The Sunny Valley Gang: "Pray, Pray, Pray" (Acetate Disc / Audio)
One-of-a-kind acetate disc recording of Rebe Gosdin and the Sunny Valley Gang, "Pray, Pray, Pray." Recorded March 9, 1954, for radio station WBAM (Montgomery, Alabama).
The reverse side of this disc contains a recording of "Release Me" by…
Shorty Sullivan: "Release Me" (Acetate Disc / Audio)
One-of-a-kind acetate disc recording by Shorty Sullivan, March 8, 1954, for radio station WBAM (Montgomery, Alabama). Sullivan performs "Release Me," the country standard written in 1949 by Eddie Miller and Robert Yount.The reverse side of this disc…
Flyer: The Ducky Boys & GNP at The Loft, Birmingham
Flyer for The Ducky Boys and GNP at The Loft, Birmingham, Alabama, undated. Courtesy Chris Hendrix.
Ad: Bama State Orchestras at the Championship Classic (1933)
This newspaper advertisement for the Championship Classic football game -- Tuskegee vs. Alabama State at Montgomery, Alabama's Cramton Bowl -- features Alabama State's three orchestras, the Bama State Collegians, Revelers, and Cavaliers. All three…
Ad: Bama State Collegians at Harrogate Springs, Wetumpka, AL (1932)
Newspaper advertisement for the Bama State Collegians at Harrogate Springs, Wetumpka, Alabama.Wetumpka Herald, May 26, 1932.
Bama State Collegians in Chicago and Detroit (1930)
Newspaper item: "These college boys from Alabama State will play for the 'Alabama State Night' ... in Chicago.... They consititute one of three musical organizations fromt he State Teachers College being brought North by the Alabama State Alumni…
Flyer: Radio Delete and Ala Mantra at Head on the Door, Montgomery
Flyer for Radio Delete and Ala Mantra at Head on the Door, Montgomery, Alabama. Undated.
From the collection of Mike Seibert.
From the collection of Mike Seibert.
Flyer: Radio Delete and GNP at Head on the Door, Montgomery
Flyer for Radio Delete and GNP at Head on the Door, Montgomery, Alabama. Undated.
From the collection of Mike Seibert.
From the collection of Mike Seibert.
Hank Williams Memorial Day: 1954 Newspaper Section
In September 1954, the city of Montgomery, Alabama, hosted a Hank Williams Memorial Day, celebrating what would have been the singer's thirty-first birthday. Williams had died on New Year's Day, 1953, and the world of country music was shaken by the…
Uncle Bob Helton's Blue Ridge Boys
Uncle Bob Helton and his Blue Ridge Boys at Montgomery radio station WMGY, circa 1940s. Left to right: Luke Sheahan, George Mayhew, Cuss Thorpe, "Uncle" Bob Helton, Duff Sherer, Todd Williams, and Kilroy Entreken. Helton’s band performed and…
Flyer: Nothing and Everything, Digby, and Waterproof Blonde, Montgomery Train Shed
Flyer for Nothing and Everything, Digby, and Waterproof Blonde, Montgomery Train Shed, Montgomery, Alabama.
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
Flyer: "Rights Where Meant To Be Broken!" Head on the Door, Montgomery
Flyer: "Rights Where Meant To Be Broken!" at Head on the Door, Montgomery, Alabama. Featuring Weak Music For Thomas, Saragashum, Hematovore, and Lone Gunman.
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
Flyer: Paradox at Club Metro, Montgomery
Flyer for Paradox at Club Metro, Montgomery, Alabama, Halloween, 2002.
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
Flyer: Abusements, Grasping at Pieces, Tom Cheshire Band, and Genki Genki Panic at the Sanctuary, Montgomery
Flyer for Abusements, Grasping at Pieces, Tom Cheshire Band, and Genki Genki Panic at the Sanctuary, Montgomery, Alabama.
"WE WANT YOUR SKULLS!"
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
"WE WANT YOUR SKULLS!"
Courtesy Lyra Stephens.
Lum York
Interview with Lum York. Recorded by Burgin Mathews, July 14, 2003 at the home of Lum and Nita York in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Born in Elmore, Alabama, just north of Montgomery, William Herbert “Lum” York (1918-2004) worked off and on, from 1944 to…
Draper Prison Band, 1953
Draper Prison Band at Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery. Press photo, September 1953. Newspaper caption: “Prison band whoops it up—It has become customary for the Draper Prison band to play in the Capitol rotunda the closing night of the legislative…