Category Archives: Record Business

June 1993: Iris DeMent Was in Town, and Live on HAH

Posted on January 14, 2022 by cousinlynn953

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 →

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Hear New IBMA Hall of Famer Lynn Morris on Hallowe’en 1992

Posted on October 29, 2021 by cousinlynn953

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 →

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Now for Something Different—The Tarbox Ramblers!

Posted on October 22, 2021 by cousinlynn953

ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Tomorrow (Saturday, October 23rd) we jump ten years from our previous Hillbilly at Harvard Archive to April 15th, 2000, featuring The Tarbox Rambers. The Tarbox Ramblers had been playing a club called the Green Street … Continue reading →

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Let’s Stay in 1990. . .

Posted on October 8, 2021 by cousinlynn953

ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD I hate starting a paragraph with “As I . . .” but, as I mentioned in the introductory announcement to tomorrow’s HAH Archive, After just archiving half of a show from 1990 with two live … Continue reading →

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Summertime Guests Peter Keane, Barry & Holly Tashian, in 1990

Posted on September 30, 2021 by cousinlynn953

ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It was July 21st, 1990. Sinc and I were both in town, and so were Peter Keane and Barry & Holly Tashian. Pete (a WHRB member) knew sumptuous Studio A well, as he and Elijah … Continue reading →

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Frank Dudgeon Rides in for The Last Roundup

Posted on August 6, 2021 by cousinlynn953

ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD Looking at the tapes from 1986, I noticed one with friend and colleague Frank Dudgeon. Turns out that on August 23rd, Old Sinc was on one of his annual treks to Saratoga for the races, … Continue reading →

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It’s 1995 and James King Is Live on WHRB

Posted on July 9, 2021 by cousinlynn953

ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD February 25, 1995, to be exact. Old Sinc has just returned from three weeks in Las Vegas, Larry Flint is there as well, and we’re expecting The James King Band. We’re in our new studios … Continue reading →

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Reelin’ Back to 1989, with Lincoln and Larry Live in Studio A!

Posted on June 2, 2021 by cousinlynn953

ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD The metal reel on Revox tape recorder looks perturbed, but I prefer to think it’s singing. The slow-moving (3 3/4 ips) reels are regaling me with music from 1989 (two hours of The Down Home … Continue reading →

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John Lincoln Wright’s Takin’ Old Rt 1 Album Now on eBay

Posted on May 4, 2021 by cousinlynn953

UPDATE 2 (5May21): Lincoln’s That Old Mill, the 1990 release on Northeastern Records, is now also on eBay. Current link is HERE, but if necessary search on ‘John Lincoln Wright’ and you should see it. /CL UPDATE: I’m told there … Continue reading →

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Another Archival Show This Saturday (May 1st)

Posted on April 27, 2021 by cousinlynn953

GET UP EARLY IF YOU WANT TO HEAR RHONDA! I’ve put together a little collage of Hillbilly at Harvard history, which (if all goes as I planned) should air this coming Saturday, May 1, 2021. That’s right, May Day—International Layabouts … Continue reading →

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