Tag Archives: The Lilly Brothers

Program Notes for December

Posted on December 2, 2016 by

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 →

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Another Great Joe Val Festival!—Part I

Posted on March 15, 2016 by

Once again the Boston Bluegrass Union pulled off another flawlessly-executed (at least as far as we spectators could tell, and that’s what counts!) Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, Presidents’ Day weekend at the Sheraton in Framingham.  At least this year there … Continue reading →

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Joe Val Festival News: Del McCoury Coming, Lillys Honored

Posted on February 3, 2016 by

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 →

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Tex Logan (1927–2015) — Part I

Posted on May 22, 2015 by

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 →

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