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Erskine Hawkins Tuxedo Junction July 23 1988.jpg
Erskine Hawkins performs with the Birmingham Heritage Band at the annual Function at the Junction in Ensley, Alabama, July 23, 1988. Amos Gordon conducts in the band. Henry Blankenship sings.

Begun in 1985 in Ensley's Tuxedo Junction Park, the…

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DLH Lum York Transcript.pdf
Interview with Lum York (1918-2004), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, December 5, 2003.Born in Elmore, Alabama, just north of Montgomery, William Herbert “Lum” York worked off and on, from 1944 to 1949, as “bass fiddler” and comedian in Hank Williams’s…

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DLH Big Bill Lister 7-15-01 Transcript.pdf
Interview with Big Bill Lister (1923-2009), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 15, 2001. Texas-born Big Bill Lister was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, Capitol recording artist, and close associate of Hank Williams, with whom he toured and…

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DLH Jett Williams Transcript.pdf
Interview with Jett Williams (b. 1953), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 27, 2002. Born Antha Belle Jett on January 6, 1953 — just five days after the death of her father — Jett Williams is the daughter of Hank Williams and Bobbie Jett. She was…

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Flyer for GNP, Random Conflict, Monster Dog, Pavlov's Dog, and Necrosis at Tuxedo Junction Ballroom, Ensley, Alabama. Undated.

From the collection of Andre Millard.

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Flyer, The Nick, Birmingham, Alabama, Undated.

Did your band play this show? Are you the artist? Let us know: contact burgin@southernmusicresearch.org.

From the collection of Andre Millard.

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Flyer for Compound Fracture and Intense Regret at Dr. Jekyll's, Birmingham, Alabama.

"No Dickheads Allowed..."

From the collection of Andre Millard.

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Flyer for Radio Delete and Ala Mantra at Head on the Door, Montgomery, Alabama. Undated.

From the collection of Mike Seibert.

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Flyer for Radio Delete and GNP at Head on the Door, Montgomery, Alabama. Undated.

From the collection of Mike Seibert.

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Interview with Vernon Oxford (1941-2023), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, July 12, 2002.Born in Arkansas and raised primarily in Wichita, Kansas, Vernon Oxford was the youngest of seven children born to a musical family. In 1964, he moved to Nashville,…

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In September 1954, the city of Montgomery, Alabama, hosted a Hank Williams Memorial Day, celebrating what would have been the singer's thirty-first birthday. Williams had died on New Year's Day, 1953, and the world of country music was shaken by the…

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Program for "Remembering 'Flash'": a jazz musical tribute honoring master musician and educator Amos Franklin "Flash" Gordon, Carver Theater, Birmingham, Alabama, 1996.The multi-page program includes biographical details, personal tributes, photos,…

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Winter 1963 issue of Music Memories and Jazz Report (Vol. 3, No. 6). The issue marked the merger of Patrick Cather's Birmingham-basedMusic Memories Monthlywith the Ventura, California-basedJazz Report, edited by Paul Affledt. Included in this issue,…

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Interview with Felton Pruett.pdf
Interview with Felton Pruett (1928-1918), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, August 29, 2003. Born in Many, Louisiana, steel guitarist Felton Pruett (1928-2018) played the Louisiana Hayride from 1948 to 1960, the entire run of the influential country…

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DLH Don Helms Transcript.pdf
Interview with Don Helms (1927-2008), recorded by Darwin Lee Hill, March 2, 2002. In 1943, at the age of seveneteen, steel guitarist Don Helms joined the band of an up-and-coming Hank Williams, performing dates across south Alabama as a member of…

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Darwin Lee Hill, host of Darwin Lee's Real Hillbilly Music Show. Photo by Chas Gibson, 2009. From the collection of Darwin Lee Hill.Browse all available Darwin Lee Hill interviews here, and be on the lookout for many more to come on this site.

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The Southern Music Research Center's Oral Histories collection includes audio interviews reflecting a range of music traditions. When possible, print transcripts are included; audio recordings appear just beneath the transcript. Additional…

Hardrock Gunter With Fans 2.jpeg
Sidney Louie "Hardrock" Gunter (1925-2013) poses with fans at Pennsylvania's Santa Fe Ranch. The Birmingham, Alabama-born country musician got his start in the 1930s as a member of the Hoot Owl Ramblers and, then, Happy Wilson's Golden River Boys.…

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Sidney Louie "Hardrock" Gunter (1925-2013) poses with his wife and daughter.

The Birmingham, Alabama-born country musician got his start in the 1930s as a member of the Hoot Owl Ramblers and, then, Happy Wilson's Golden River Boys. His first two…

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Hardrock Gunter and Band.jpeg
Fan-made photo of Sidney Louie "Hardrock" Gunter (1925-2013) and his band, onstage at the Santa Fe Ranch. The Birmingham, Alabama-born country musician got his start in the 1930s as a member of the Hoot Owl Ramblers and, then, Happy Wilson's Golden…

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