-
Recent Posts
Top Posts & Pages
- Phil Everly (1939–2014)
- Rick Robinson, Leader of The Bayou Boys, Dies at 62
- "A Good Voice and a Clean Suit"—Slim Whitman Dies
- Paper and Pen—Open Page
- Mark Brine Stopping By Saturday the 31st
- Hits & Misses 3
- Another Songwriter Gone: Guy Clark (1941–2016)
- Tex Logan (1927–2015) — Part II
- The Montreal Express
-
-
Home Base
- WHRB 95.3FM – Live Internet Stream for HAH HAH’s Home for Lo These Many Decades
My other hats. . .
- Walking Creek World Follow Cousin Lynn down The Walking Creek. . .
Tag Archives: Hillbilly at Harvard
Mark Brine Stopping By Saturday the 31st
UPDATE 6Jan17: Had fun chatting with Mark about old times and new. A couple of corrections: Mark is currently back in Maryland, to be closer to his grandchildren. And his musical history goes back farther than the ’80s. Looking forward … Continue reading
Posted in Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged Hillbilly at Harvard, Mark Brine, Sally O'Brien's
Leave a comment
Program Notes for December
UPDATE 4B! (23Dec16): No, not another schedule change. Had a pleasant half hour or so chatting with David Greely last Saturday (though I had to run out in the snow in my sandals to bring him to the correct door), … Continue reading
Posted in Country Calendar, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Bluegrass Unlimited, David Greely, Hillbilly at Harvard, Hillbilly at Harvard Christmas Extravaganza, Hillbilly Ranch, Ruth Rappaport, The Burren, The Christmas Revels, The Lilly Brothers, The Poodles, Victor Evkokimoff
1 Comment
Here’s the Met Opry Schedule for 2016-7
The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season begins December 3rd. There are only four Saturdays (including the first one) with an earlier start (12:30 PM). So HAH will be mostly curtailed by only about 15 minutes for David Elliott‘s Prelude to the … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Radio Talk
Tagged David Elliott, Hillbilly at Harvard, Metropolitan Opry Broadcasts
Leave a comment
HAH History: The Committee Saves the Show!
Back about 1965 or 1966, Cousin Dave Schmalz was living in an apartment on Upland Rd. in Cambridge, which of course he called Upland Downs. At one of his weekly poker parties, a WHRB member (whose name escapes me) turned … Continue reading
The 2016 Harvard Football Pregame Show Airtimes
Here’s the Harvard football schedule for 2016. I list the Pregame show airtimes because that’s when WHRB’s invaluable coverage begins, and, in just five cases this year, when Hillbilly at Harvard will end. We lose only half an hour on … Continue reading
Yes, I Know—James King is Dead
UPDATE 3Jun16: We’ve got a couple of recordings of the James King Band live at WHRB, with Ol’ Sinc hosting, from 1995. I didn’t have a chance to ‘tease’ them last week, so I’ll plan to air one live show … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country News, Hillbilly History, Radio Talk
Tagged Hazel Dickens, Hillbilly at Harvard, James King
Leave a comment
Joe Val Festival News: Del McCoury Coming, Lillys Honored
Already scheduled for Sunday afternoon (February 14th) at the annual Joe Val Festival, The Traveling McCourys will become The Del McCoury Band! Del of course was ‘snowed out’ last year (remember the snowstorm here that snowed in a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, Country News, Radio Talk
Tagged Ashley Lilly and the Songcatchers, Boston Bluegrass Union, Everett Allen Lilly, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys, Jim Rooney, Joe Val Festival, Junior Sisk and Ramblers' Choice, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Tex Logan, The Del McCoury Band, The Gibson Brothers, The Lilly Brothers, The Spinney Brothers, The Traveling McCourys, Woiody Guthrie
Leave a comment
Off to Virginia—Pre-recorded Show on the 12th
We’re off to visit daughter Sarah and family, taking Amtrak Northeast Regional No. 93 Monday morning, and returning Tuesday the 15th on NER No. 174. This time I decided to try Business Class, for the alleged greater legroom between seats … Continue reading
