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- April Update from the Southwest
- The BBU Is Back at the Sheraton!
- Repeating Last Week’s ‘Home-Brewed’ Show
- In 1993, the Christmas Extravaganza Was Fun!
- Reprising Two Archival Shows on Nov 25th and Dec 2nd
- “Great Band” says Ken Irwin: Authentic Unlimited
- More Flotsam and Jetsam
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- April Update
- Running Late—But This Is Not 38—
- Time for the Christmas Extravaganza—from 1989!
- Oops! Preempted Tomorrow (Dec 3rd), Back Next Saturday
- It’s 1985, and The Critton Hollow String Band Are in Town!
- What Is a “Deep Dive”? Tony Trischka Meets Earl Scruggs at Belleville, Saturday 22Oct22.
- Molly Tuttle Back to Bluegrass—at Belleville Roots Oct 7th
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Category Archives: Hillbilly History
In 1993, the Christmas Extravaganza Was Fun!
More so than I remembered! And you can relive some of that fun this Saturday (the 16th) and next (the 23rd) as we broadcast the Extravaganza in two parts. As you may remember, Hillbilly at Harvard from the late ’80s on was … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly History, Program Notes, Radio Talk, Rounder Records
Tagged Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss, Andi b, Christmas Extravaganza, David Elliott, Ed (The Detective) Muller, George Hauenstein, Grace Furnari, Hillbilly at Harvard, John Lincoln Wright, Ken Irwin, Richie Brown
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Reprising Two Archival Shows on Nov 25th and Dec 2nd
We’re driving to Virginia with our Escape trailer, to have Thanksgiving with daughter Sarah and family. It will be our first visit to their new house—which they’ve been building, all by themselves, for the past five years—with them in it, … Continue reading
Time for the Christmas Extravaganza—from 1989!
REMEMBER PART 2, SATURDAY THE 24TH AT 9AM! ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD By 1989 the Christmas Extravaganza was an established tradition for Hillbilly at Harvard, featuring “four hours of the very best, and the very worst, of country Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Friends and Neighbors, HA'pennings, Hillbilly History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Bill Boyd, Buck Owens, Bucky Bear, Da Yoopers, Ed (The Detective) Muller, Evan Riley, Flo Murdock, George Hauenstein, Gordy Brown, Hillbilly at Harvard Christmas Extravaganza, John Lincoln Wright, Larry Flint, Mark Burns, Reno and Smiley
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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
What Is a “Deep Dive”? Tony Trischka Meets Earl Scruggs at Belleville, Saturday 22Oct22.
Tony Trischa was always nothing if not thorough. He has appeared on Hillbilly at Harvard several times over the decades, always an affable, mild-mannered fellow whose understated mastery was always omnipresent. Is it something about banjo players? Bill Keith was … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, Hillbilly History
Tagged Brittany Haas, Earl Scruggs, Jared Engel, Maddie Witler, Michael Daves, Tony Trischka
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The Beep, and How to Make It
Long-time listeners to Hillbilly at Harvard (HAH) will know how we have preserved older styles of music broadcasting, especially ‘top 40’ radio, with breaks after every song, and also our custom to begin and end the program on time, to … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Productions, Hillbilly History
Tagged 'Make the Beep', Beth Potier, Brian Sinclair (Ol' Sinc), Claverly Hall, David Elliott, Dudley Gulch, Foggy Mountain Jamboree, Hillbilly at Harvard, Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Mike Eisenstadt, Naval Observatory, Pennypacker Hall, Peter Wolf, Rambler, Terry Allen, WBCN, Western Union Clock, WHRB
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Remember Part II with Tish
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
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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