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Interview with Kyshona, conducted by Burgin Mathews for the Southern Music Research Center, September 3, 2024.Kyshona discusses her family's gospel roots, her work as a musical therapist, and the creation of her new album, Legacy, a powerful…

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Painting of The Fairfield Four by Craig Legg, 2023. #162 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.

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DLH : Smokey Stover Transcript.pdf
Interview with country music disc jockey, songwriter, singer, and guitarist Smokey Stover (1928-2005), conducted over the telephone by Darwin Lee Hill, January 12, 2002.

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Brief interview with bluegrass guitarist and bandleader Josh Williams, recorded by Darwin Lee Hill during intermission at a performance at Temple Beth-el in Poughkeepsie, New York, October 20, 2010.

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DLH Big Bill Lister 7-15-01 Transcript.pdf
Interview with Big Bill Lister (1923-2009), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 15, 2001. Texas-born Big Bill Lister was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, Capitol recording artist, and close associate of Hank Williams, with whom he toured and…

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DLH, Vernon Oxford Interview.mp3
Interview with Vernon Oxford (1941-2023), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 12, 2002.Born in Arkansas and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, Vernon Oxford was the youngest of seven children born to a musical family. In 1964, he moved to Nashville,…

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DLH Don Helms Transcript.pdf
Interview with Don Helms (1927-2008), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, March 2, 2002. In 1943, at the age of seveneteen, steel guitarist Don Helms joined the band of an up-and-coming Hank Williams, performing dates across south Alabama as a member of…

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Advertisement for Mobile, Alabama's Capa Records, featuring Johnny Foster, Kitty Hawkins, and Boots Till. On January 2, 1964, the Chocktaw Advocate [Butler, AL] noted that "Capa Records was formed to give Mobilians a chance to perform and still stay…

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She Show, Victoria Hallman, 4-19-23 Edit .mp3
At the age of four, Birmingham, Alabama’s Victoria Hallman began making regular appearances on a local TV talent show; in 1961, at five, she recorded her first single—a Christmas tune, backed by a tear-jerking recitation—for a local label. She would…

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Wanda Lohman (“Miss Wanda”) was the longtime waitress at Tootsie’s Orchard Lounge, the iconic Nashville honkytonk. This interview was conducted as part of the project “Talking Country: Oral Histories in Classic Country Music,” created by Burgin…

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Original Songs By Zeke Clements, The Dixie Yodeler. Published in 1942. Includes a brief bio of Clements; a brief history of the Grand Ole Opry, on which Clements performed; photos; lyrics and music to seventeen of Clements's compositions; and an…

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Addressed to a fan at Rt. 1 in Brilliant, Alabama, the publicity postcard offers a short biography of Clements, "The Dixie Yodeler":

"Born September 6, in the hills of Central Alabama, of English and Cherokee Indian descent. Has dark brown hair…

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