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Jim Watson, a native of Durham, has been involved in bluegrass and old-time music since the 1960s. He is one of the founding members of The Red Clay Ramblers. This musical group is one of the most famous acts ever to come out of the state. Watson discusses his life and music.
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There is a major music business success story in progress in the small town of Graham, North Carolina. In a pair of indistinct warehouses, Tor Hansen and Glenn Dicker have turned a wild idea about distributing records into Redeye Distribution and Yep Roc Records. With a combination of foresight, patient, and music biz savvy, Hansen and Dicker have made Redeye one of the top small music distributors in the US.
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What do alternative, heavy metal, country, and indie music have in common? In North Carolina, they have the Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, southeast of Raleigh. The Pavilion, formerly the Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. This music venue, which can accommodate 20,000 fans and has drawn nearly four million customers since its opening, has dramatically altered the music scene in eastern North Carolina.
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Riley Baugus is a native North Carolinian who reveres the music of the Southern Appalachians. In this second part of van Vleck's conversation with Baugus, the two men discuss the banjo player's progress after high school, his work as a welder, and the importance of his work on the movie COLD MOUNTAIN.
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One of the best kept secrets in eastern North Carolina is an Americana music series being presented at a de-commissioned Baptist church in Nashville, North Carolina.
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Musician, composer, studio owner, and engineer, Durham native Willie Hill has been creating music since his early teens. His music is strongly melodic, rhythmically intricate, and atmospheric. He took up the guitar when he was twelve years old and got his first gig when he was fifteen. At nineteen he was playing with The Communicators. He wrote “One Chance,†which was a hit single for the group in 1974 and later started his own record label, Joy Records, in 1984. Hill discusses his life and his music.
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5069
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The life and work of Rev. Gary Davis, a major figure in the history of the Piedmont Blues in North Carolina, is profiled.
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5883
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Tift Merritt, Raleigh singer/songwriter, and her band, The Carbines, are profiled in this METRO article. The band recently released its debut album, Bramble Rose, which consists of eleven songs written by Merritt.
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Metro Magazine
(NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 3 Issue 5, July/Aug 2002,
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16746
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Jazz pianist and educator Chip Crawford, a Raleigh native, and his wife vocalist Eve Cornelius have earned a great deal of praise for their new album which features a host of Triangle jazz players.
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16776
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North Carolinian Scott Sawyer is a versatile guitarist. He is well-known among jazz fans, especially for his many performances with jazz singer Nnenna Freelon, and is equally adept at rock, blues, R&B, and funk.
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