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- UPDATE: ‘Maple Sugar Sweetheart’
- Pappy Ben Minnich Is in the Studio, on December 14th, 1985
- Remember Part II with Tish
- Jim Rooney and Tish Hinojosa Visit “Hillbilly Central” on May 15th, 1999
- It’s October 24, 1992, and We’ve Got Kate MacKenzie and D. L. Menard!
- June 1993: Iris DeMent Was in Town, and Live on HAH
- Y2K Fun with the Hot Club of Cowtown!
- January 20, 2001: James King, Dudley Connell, Don Rigsby Together in Studio B
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- The 2019 Joe Val Festival—Photos!
- Willie, John T, and Me
- January 20, 2001: James King, Dudley Connell, Don Rigsby Together in Studio B
- George, and Eddie and Pearl
- From Raleigh to Virginia—Part 3 of Our Trip South
- Tex Logan (1927–2015) — Part I
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Tag Archives: Jim Rooney
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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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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What Do 1961, 1971, 2011, 2021 Have in Common? Hillbilly History!
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD 1961: The Lilly Brothers, Everett and B, with Don Stover, play a concert in Lowell House at Harvard College. Everett, who usually plays mandolin, picks up the fiddle and wows the audience with a fiery … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Hillbilly History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Bill Keith, Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival, Boston Bluegrass Union, Celebrity Series of Boston, Claire Lynch, Cousin Mike Eisenstadt, David Elliott, Don Stover, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jim Rooney, Kim Harris, Old Sinc, The Del McCoury Band, The Lilly Brothers, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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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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Hillbilly at Harvard 