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Category Archives: Country History
It’s 1985, and The Critton Hollow String Band Are in Town!
If there is a better name for an old-timey music town than Paw Paw, West Virginia, I don’t know what it is. And that’s where The Critton Hollow String Band are from. Their core founders are Joe and Sam Herrmann, … Continue reading
A 50-Year Sour Mash Boys Anniversary—Sunday, 18Sep22, 4–8 PM at Sally O’Brien’s in Somerville
From Larry Flint— Come help us celebrate 50 years of the Sour Mash Boys! Sunday, September 18, 4 PM – 8 PM at Sally O’Brien’s It’s 50 years this month since John Lincoln Wright began a new chapter in New … Continue reading
UPDATE: ‘Maple Sugar Sweetheart’
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
Posted in Country History, Follow-ups, Songwriting
Tagged Doc Williams, Hank LaRiviere, Hank Rivers, Ward Allen
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Jim Rooney and Tish Hinojosa Visit “Hillbilly Central” on May 15th, 1999
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD “Hillbilly Central.” That’s what Sinc called it, in Studio B with Tish Hinojosa, as Jim Rooney was waving goodbye, Tom Pittman of the Austin Lounge Lizards had dropped by to say hello (the Lizards were … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Austin Lounge Lizards, Big Country Bluegrass, Brad Paisley, Chip Dolan, Cousin Kate Walker, Gordy Brown, Jim Rooney, John Lincoln Wright, John Prine, Marvin Dykhuis, Tish Hinojosa, Tom Pittman
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It’s October 24, 1992, and We’ve Got Kate MacKenzie and D. L. Menard!
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It’s October 24th, 1992. The Boston Bluegrass Union is bringing in Kate MacKenzie and her band Stoney Lonesome from the Twin Cities, to play at the First Church Congregational, on the corner of Garden and … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Cajun Music, Country History, Hillbilly History, Program Notes, Radio Talk, Rounder Records
Tagged Bill Monroe, Boston Bluegrass Union, D. L. Menard, Dave Dillon, Kate MacKenzie, Margaret Gerteis, Richard Brown, Stoney Lonesome, The Reunion Band
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June 1993: Iris DeMent Was in Town, and Live on HAH
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It’s Saturday, June 5th, 1993. Hillbilly at Harvard had been preempted for a couple of weeks (probably by Orgies®) and was limited, we were told, to three hours that day. But Iris DeMent was in … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Program Notes, Radio Talk, Record Business, Rounder Records
Tagged Cuzin Isaac Page, Grace Furnari, Harry Lipson, Infamous Angel, Iris Dement, Jim Rooney, John Hartford, John Lincoln Wright, Odetta, Pete Seeger, Scott Alarik
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January 20, 2001: James King, Dudley Connell, Don Rigsby Together in Studio B
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD The Boston Bluegrass Union was celebrating its 25th Anniversary, and for the occasion was hosting a concert at the (then named) Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, with a group they called the Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Program Notes
Tagged Aubrie Haynie, Bobby Hicks, Boston Bluegrass Union, DonRigsby, Dudley Connell, Gene Libea, James King, Joe Val Festival, Old Sinc, Sammy Shelor, The Lonesome River Band, The Seldom Scene
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Hear New IBMA Hall of Famer Lynn Morris on Hallowe’en 1992
ALERT UPDATE: SHOW DID NOT RUN AT ALL, FOR UNKNOWN REASON. I WILL ASK THEM TO RUN THIS SHOW NEXT SATURDAY. /CL ALERT! SOMETHING HAPPENED AND THE ARCHIVAL SHOW IS NOT RUNNING. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE WHO … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly History, Radio Talk, Record Business, Rounder Records
Tagged Chris Jones, Flo Murdock, IBMA Hall of Fame, Jesse Brock, John Lincoln Wright, Ken Irwin, Lynn Morris, Marshall Wilborn, Old Sinc, The Lynn Morris Band, The Stoneman Family
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A Double Treat of Live Music, with Dave Foley and Mike Ireland in 1999
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD To quote myself, That’s right, it’s 1999, and we’ve got Boston natives the Dave Foley Band in the third hour, and rising star from Kansas City, Mike Ireland in the fourth hour. We’ve got only … Continue reading
Hillbilly at Harvard 