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Tag Archives: Jim Rooney
The Legendary Al Hawkes Dies at 88
I met Al Hawkes at one of the Joe Val Festivals, back in the Green Room. It was not the one where he received the 2009 Heritage Industry Award from the Boston Bluegrass Union. It might have been 2016 when … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country History, Country News, Record Business
Tagged Al Hawkes, Allerton and Alton, Alton Myers, B Lilly, Bear Family Records, Betty Cody, Boston Bluegrass Union, Don Stover, Don Williams, Event Records, Everett Alan Lilly, Everett Lilly, Hal Lonepine, Jim Rooney, Joe Val Festival, Lenny Breau, Maine Public Radio, Rockhouse Mountain Productions, The Cumberland Ridge Runners, The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover
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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
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Bill Keith, 1939–2015
Got home Saturday evening (we were out minding four grandkids) to sit down at the iMac and see this sad news from Jim Rooney: Dear Friends, My long-time dear friend and musical partner Bill Keith left us on Thursday, Oct. … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country News, Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged Bill Keith, Bill Monroe, Hillbilly at Harvard, IBMA, Jim Rooney, Rich Stillman
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Tex Logan (1927–2015) — Part I
Listeners to Hillbilly at Harvard over the years will have heard the name Tex Logan from time to time, not only when we played the familiar fiddle tunes “Katy Hill” and “Natchez Under the Hill” from the—what was a word … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Hillbilly History
Tagged Big Slim the Lone Cowboy, Bluegrass Today, Curley Seckler, Dick Best, Don Stover, Everett Lilly, Frank and Pete Lane, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Hoyle Nix, Jerry and Sky, Jim Rooney, Joe Val, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Mike Seeger, Mitchell B. Lilly, Red Belcher and the Kentucky Ridge Runners, Richard Thompson, Tex Logan, The Coal River Valley Boys, The Confederate Mountaineers, The Hayloft Jamboree, The Hillbilly Ranch, The Lane Brothers, The Lilly Brothers, WCOP, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper and the Clinch Mountain Clan, WMEX
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Blizzard? “As long as all the bands are here, we’re fine!”
Here we go again (from the National Weather Service): WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY … Continue reading
Posted in Bluegrass, Country Calendar, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes
Tagged BBU, jim Gaudet, Jim Rooney, Joe Val Festival, Rhonda Vincent, Sheila Selby, Tom Paxton
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Check Out The Harvard Gazette Slideshow on HAH!
Back in July, Harvard Gazette (and Boston Globe) photographer Jon Chase arrived at Studio BC at WHRB on Saturday morning, and snapped a bunch of photos. Larry Flint turned up, as well as Buck Mitchell, and erstwhile Nashville (now back … Continue reading
Jim Rooney Has a New Book Out, and Is Coming to HAH to Talk about It!
Old friend Jim Rooney will be coming in this Saturday, 13Sep, to talk about his new autobiography. He’s bringing a CD full of songs he performed, recorded, produced, published, or which influenced him over his long (continuing) career. We’ll listen … Continue reading
Cowboy Jack Clement Dies at 82
By Peter Cooper, The Nashville Tennessean April 5, 1931 – August 8, 2013 Whimsical maverick Jack Clement — singer, producer, ringleader, writer of classic songs, discoverer of stars and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame — died this … Continue reading
