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Category Archives: Birthdays
Bob Nolan
Bob Nolan’s Birthday Bob Nolan was born on April 13th, 1908. One of the three original members of The Sons Of The Pioneers, he wrote many of the songs The Sons made famous, and that we still hear often today. … Continue reading
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Tagged bob nolan, mindi reid, roy rogers, vince crofts
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Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys A Playlist for Bob Wills’s Birthday Bob Wills was born on March 6th, 1905, and I found plenty of folk music to celebrate his birthday on this week’s episode of Ramblers’ Retreat. I put … Continue reading
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe Bill Monroe was born on September 13th, 1911, and his music was featured on this week’s Ramblers’ Retreat. It’s essentially impossible to understate the impact Bill Monroe had on bluegrass music. He truly did invent an entire genre of American … Continue reading
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Tagged bill evans, bill monroe, blackberry bushes, bluegrass, grascals, hamilton county bluegrass band, john reischman
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Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers Jimmie Rodgers was born on September 8th, 1897, and his music was featured on this week’s Ramblers’ Retreat. As a teenager, Rodgers began working on the railroads, first as a waterboy and later as a brakeman. He traveled … Continue reading
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Tagged ben winship, doc watson, jimmie rodgers, john lowell, laurie lewis, robert armstrong, skip gorman, sourdough slim
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Bob Wills’s Birthday
Bob Wills’s Birthday Today is the birthday of Bob Wills. Through the 1980s and early 90s I listened to almost nothing but jazz. But somewhere in the 90s I saw an article in DownBeat about the western swing band, Asleep … Continue reading
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Tagged benny goodman, bob wills, duke ellington, fletcher henderson, texas playboys, western swing
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Burning Spear
Burning Spear’s Birthday Tomorrow is the birthday of reggae musician Winston Rodney who records under the name Burning Spear. He may be best known for his 1975 album Marcus Garvey about the Jamaican activist who died in 1940. Burning Spear … Continue reading