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We’re Back!

Posted on May 21, 2022 by cousinlynn953

Two weeks pre-emption over, and we’re back home on the river in Saxonville! And HAH is back on the air! Tune in! I think I heard my name!

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In Powhatan, Pre-empted for Two Weeks

Posted on May 6, 2022 by cousinlynn953

Just in case you missed my earlier note, HAH is pre-empted by two Orgies®, someone named Billy Bragg this Saturday (May 7th), and part of a mammoth Schubert Orgy® next Saturday (the 14th). After that I presume we’ll be back … Continue reading →

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Update from the Road

Posted on April 21, 2022 by cousinlynn953

We’re in Monte Santo State Park, near Huntsville, Alabama. Much to report, but no time now. We’re heading out tomorrow for the DeSoto Falls Campground, in northern Georgia. Hoping to take in a stop in Dalton, Georgia where there is … Continue reading →

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Home-Brewed, Archived, Pre-empted

Posted on April 8, 2022 by cousinlynn953

I’m continuing tomorrow with the current spate of home-brewed Hillbilly Home Recordings, two-hour shows that I’m recording here at home. Listeners tell me they don’t sound too awful, and I am getting better at manipulating this little mixer. Next week, … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Home Recordings Continue. . .

Posted on March 18, 2022 by cousinlynn953

“No news is no news,” Sinc used to say, taking off on the old “No news is good news” line. I really have none, but it was a frustratin’ day, when after I successfully completed HHR hour no. 8 this … Continue reading →

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More Hillbilly Home Recordings. . .

Posted on March 4, 2022 by cousinlynn953

I have to apologize for the long periods of ‘dead air’, as we say in radio jargon, during last week’s show. I can’t explain it, except to say there was some problem getting the files I upload to the computer … Continue reading →

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Hillbilly Home Recordings (HHR) is on the Air

Posted on February 25, 2022 by cousinlynn953

At long last, I have attempted to record Hillbilly at Harvard at home. Once or twice in the past, when I attempted it, I quickly gave up in frustration. When I was in the studio at WHRB, I knew the … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: ‘Maple Sugar Sweetheart’

Posted on February 13, 2022 by cousinlynn953

Back when I posted about Ward Allen‘s wonderful fiddle tune ‘Maple Sugar’ and the lyrics Hank LaRiviere (‘Hank Rivers’) penned for it, there was no video available of Hank’s original 1960 record, ‘Maple Sugar Sweetheart’. I linked to a version … Continue reading →

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Pappy Ben Minnich Is in the Studio, on December 14th, 1985

Posted on February 11, 2022 by cousinlynn953

ERRATUM 9:30AM 12FEB22: WHRB PLAYED BLUES TILL 9:10, THEN RAN WRONG HAH ARCHIVE. APOLOGIES TO LISTENERS WHO TUNED IN TO HEAR THE SHOW SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. MAYBE NEXT WEEK? /CL ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD By the late ’50s, early … Continue reading →

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Remember Part II with Tish

Posted on February 5, 2022 by cousinlynn953

ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Second half of the show from May 15th, 1999, featuring Tish Hinojosa at 9 AM this morning. Tom Pittman of the Austin Lounge Lizards makes a brief appearance, too. Turns out old friend and photographer … Continue reading →

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