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Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Yarrow co-wrote (with Lenny Lipton) one of the group's best known hits, "Puff, the Magic Dragon." He was also a political activist and supported causes that ranged from opposition to the Vietnam War to school anti-bullying programs. Yarrow was convicted in 1970 of "taking improper liberties" with a 14-year-old girl, for which he was pardoned in 1981 by the late President Jimmy Carter. #peteryarrow #peterpaulandmary #folk #folkmusic #dimestoreradio #folkballad #folksinger #singersongwriter #vintage #newportfolkfest

Remembering Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played. This new style of playing became popular and elevated the banjo from its previous role as a background rhythm instrument to featured solo status. He popularized the instrument across several genres of music. Scruggs' career began at age 21 when he was hired to play in Bill Monroe's band, the Blue Grass Boys. The name "bluegrass" eventually became the eponym for the entire genre of country music now known by that title. Despite considerable success with Monroe, performing on the Grand Ole Opry and recording classic hits such as "Blue Moon of Kentucky", Scruggs resigned from the group in 1946 due to their exhausting touring schedule. Fellow band member Lester Flatt resigned as well, and he and Scruggs later paired up in a new group they called Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys. Scruggs' banjo instrumental called "Foggy Mountain Breakdown", released in 1949, became an enduring hit, and had a rebirth of popularity to a younger generation when it was featured in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. The song won two Grammy Awards and, in 2005, was selected for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry of works of unusual merit. Scruggs received four Grammy awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a National Medal of Arts. He became a member of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1985, Flatt and Scruggs were inducted together into the Country Music Hall of Fame and named, as a duo, number 24 on CMT's "40 Greatest Men of Country Music".     #earlscruggs #folk #country #bluegrass #dimestoreradio #EarlScruggsStory #BanjoLegend #BluegrassIcon #MusicPioneer #1stFiveStrings #LegendaryMusician #BanjoMastermind #MountainMusic #SixtiesSound #FoggyMountainBreakdown #BeverlyHillbilliesThe

During the Chicago Movement for Freedom (ca. 1965-1967), Mahalia Jackson joined her friend Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., when he was visited a church to preach a sermon about justice and equality. Jackson, also known as the "Queen of Gospel Music", sang the spiritual "Joshua Fit \/ Fought the Battle of Jericho", a song based on the book of Joshua in the Bible, where it talks about the freedom the Israelites found after Egypt. Martin Luther King called "negro spirituals" as "the most original of all American music", and affirmed: "I think I can say concerning this great Gospel singer in our midst, our dear friend, my great friend Mahalia Jackson, that a voice like this comes only once in a millenia." King’s last sermon was in Memphis the day before his assassination. “We’ve got some difficult days ahead.” King preached. “But it really doesn’t matter with me now,” King said, “because I’ve been to the mountaintop.” Looking back, King’s words seem chilling as if the humanitarian had foreseen the tragic upcoming events. “I may not get there with you.” said Dr.King, “but I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”(Wiki) #martinlutherkingjr #mlk #CivilRights #mahaliajackson #gospelmusic #dimestoreradio

Happy Birthday Joan Baez born January 9, 1941! She is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and activist whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 55 years, releasing over 30 albums. Fluent in Spanish as well as in English, she has also recorded songs in at least six other languages. She is regarded as a folk singer, although her music has diversified since the counterculture days of the 1960s and now encompasses everything from folk rock and pop to country and gospel music. Although a songwriter herself, Baez is generally regarded as an interpreter of other composers' work, having recorded songs by the Allman Brothers Band, the Beatles, Jackson Browne, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Violeta Parra, The Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and many others. In recent years, she has found success interpreting songs of modern songwriters such as Ryan Adams, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle and Natalie Merchant. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues.\nShe began her recording career in 1960 and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all achieved gold record status and stayed on the charts of hit albums for two years. #joanbaez @joancbaezofficial #folk #folkmusic #greenwichvillage #folkscene #60s #bobdylan #dimestoreradio#JoanBaez #musiclegend #singersongwriter #folkqueen #activist #musicforchange #socialjustice #passionateperformer #voiceofgeneration #inspiringartist #lessonsfromJoanBaez #classicfolk #empoweringwomen #soulfulmelodies #folklegacy

Remembering John Cowan Hartford (December 30, 1937 – June 4, 2001) Hewas an American folk, country, and bluegrass composer and musician known for his mastery of the fiddle and banjo, as well as for his witty lyrics, unique vocal style, and extensive knowledge of Mississippi River lore. His most successful song is "Gentle on My Mind", which won three Grammy Awards and was listed in "BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century." Hartford performed with a variety of ensembles throughout his career, and is perhaps best known for his solo performances where he would interchange the guitar, banjo, and fiddle from song to song. He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang. #johnhartford #countrymusic #dimestoreradio #singersongwriter #vintage #retro #bluegrass #fiddle #banjo #folk #acoustic #folksinger #folkmusic

Alfred Jesse Smith (July 26, 1941 – January 3, 2025), known professionally as Brenton Wood, was an American singer and songwriter known for his three 1967 hit singles, "The Oogum Boogum Song" (peaking at No. 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100), "Gimme Little Sign" (peaking at No. 9), and "Baby You Got It" (also peaking at No. 34).(Wiki) #brentonwood #soulmusic #soul #twist #dimestoreradio

Remembering Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, she was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".[3] Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. #odetta #folk #folkmusic #folksinger #dimestoreradio #singersongwriter #vintage

Happy Birthday Iris Luella DeMent (born January 5, 1961) She is an American singer-songwriter and musician. DeMent's musical style includes elements of folk, country and gospel. #irisdement #countrymusic #dimestoreradio #singersongwriter #folk #folk #acoustic

Melba Joyce Montgomery (October 14, 1938 – January 15, 2025) was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of duet recordings made with George Jones, Gene Pitney and Charlie Louvin. She was also a solo artist, having reached the top of the country charts in 1974 with the song, "No Charge". Born in Tennessee but raised in Alabama, Montgomery had a musical upbringing. Along with her two brothers (songwriters Carl and Earl Montgomery), she placed in a talent contest which brought her to the attention of Roy Acuff. For several years she toured the country as part of his band until she signed with United Artists Records in 1963. #melbamontgomery #countrymusic #dimestoreradio #singersongwriter #vintage #retro #nostalgia #georgejones #classiccountry

"500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return. The song is generally credited as being written by Hedy West, and a 1961 copyright is held by Atzal Music, Inc. "500 Miles" is West's "most anthologized song". Some recordings have also credited Curly Williams, or John Phillips as co-writers, although Phillips admitted he had only rearranged it and "didn't deserve the credit". David Neale writes that "500 Miles" may be related to the older folk song "900 Miles" (Roud 4959), which may itself have origins in the southern American fiddle tunes "Reuben's Train" and "Train 45". Johnny Cash is known to have included "500 Miles" on his list of 100 essential country songs in the early 1970s.(Wiki) Here is Joan Baez performing the song. #500miles #folk #joanbaez #hedywest #dimestoreradio #folkmusic #SocialJustice #FolkLegend #MusicIcon #PeaceActivist #90sMusic #LegendarySinger #Activism #CivilRights #ProtestSongs #WomenInMusic #AcousticMusic #FeministIcon #Counterculture #MusicLegends #SingerSongwriter #MusicRevolution #EmpoweringMusic #InspiringArtist #CivilRightsMovement #iconicvoices

#JohnPrine #AngelFromMontgomery #MusicVideo #FolkMusic #SingerSongwriter #CountryMusic #InfluentialArtist #MusicLegend #dimestoreradio

From the documentary "Down Home Music" which used to be available in full on @arhooliefoundation youtube page. If you have any ideas as to how to acquire it let us know! \n\n#redsovine #countrymusic #nashville #petedrake #dimestoreradio\n #CountrySounds #CountryLife #CountryLovers #CountryVibes #CountryArtists #CountrySongs #CountryStyle #CountryFestival #CountryInstruments #CountryLyrics #CountryDance #CountryFeelings #CountryTunes #CountryFans #CountryClassics #CountryParty #CountryGram #CountryCommunity #CountryMood

Happy Birthday Stephen Fain Earle, born January 17, 1955, is an American country, rock and folk singer-songwriter. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982.\nHis breakthrough album was the 1986 album Guitar Town, the eponymous lead single peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country chart. Since then Earle has released 20 more studio albums and received three Grammy awards, all for Best Contemporary Folk Album; he has four additional nominations in the same category. "Copperhead Road", released in 1988, is his best selling single, having peaked on its initial release at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and had a 21st century resurgence, having reached number 15 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, buoyed by vigorous online sales. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Levon Helm, The Highwaymen, Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, Shawn Colvin, Bob Seger, Percy Sledge and Emmylou Harris. He has appeared in film and television, and has written a novel, a play, and a book of short stories. Earle is the father of late singer-songwriter and frequent collaborator Justin Townes Earle.  (Wiki) "Mercenary Song" in the film, Heartworn Highways. #steveearle #countrymusic #dimestoreradio

full documentary available FREE on YouTube! #petedrake #countrymusic #dimestoreradio #CountryLegend #country #singersongwriter #vintage #retro #nostalgia

Remembering Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891  – January 28, 1960) She was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays. Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama, and moved with her family to Eatonville, Florida, in 1894.\nIn her early career, Hurston conducted anthropological and ethnographic research while a student at Barnard College and Columbia University. She had an interest in African-American and Caribbean folklore, and how these contributed to the community's identity. She also wrote fiction about contemporary issues in the black community and became a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Her short satires, drawing from the African-American experience and racial division, were published in anthologies such as The New Negro and Fire!! After moving back to Florida, Hurston wrote and published her literary anthology on African-American folklore in North Florida, Mules and Men (1935), and her first three novels: Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934); Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937); and Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939). Hurston's works concerned both the African-American experience and her struggles as an African-American woman. Her novels went relatively unrecognized by the literary world for decades. Interest was revived in 1975 after author Alice Walker published an article, "In Search of Zora Neale Hurston", in the March issue of Ms. magazine that year. Hurston's manuscript Every Tongue Got to Confess, a collection of folktales gathered in the 1920s, was published posthumously in 2001 after being discovered in the Smithsonian archives. Her nonfiction book Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo", about the life of Cudjoe Lewis (Kossola), was published posthumously in 2018. #zoranealehurston #writer #author #anthropoologist #filmmaker #alanlomax #dimestoreradio #BlackAuthors #AfricanAmericanLiterature #HarlemRenaissance #WriterCommunity #LiteraryTrailblazer

Remembering Skeeter Davis (born Mary Frances Penick; December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) She was an American country music singer and songwriter who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she became a solo star #dimestoreradio #countrymusic #skeeterdavis @womenofamericana #womenofcountry #womeninmusic #classiccountry

"Plenary" (#162), led by Hugh McGraw, General Chairman of the 1991 Denson revision committee and recipient of a 1982 NEA National Heritage Fellowship for his advocacy and promotion of Sacred Harp singing. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew at the Holly Springs Baptist Church, Holly Springs, Georgia, June 1982. For more information about the American Patchwork filmwork, Alan Lomax, and his collection :: @culturalequity #alanlomax #sacredharp #shapenotesinging #dimestoreradio #gospel #dimestoreradio

Remembering Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) He was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf. Phillips played a major role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s, launching the career of Presley. In 1969, he sold Sun to Shelby Singleton. Phillips was a record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s. He was a producer, label owner, and talent scout throughout the 1940s and 1950s. He was the founder of both Sun Studio and Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Through Sun, Phillips discovered such recording talent as Howlin' Wolf, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. The height of his success culminated in his launching of Elvis Presley's career in 1954.  He is also associated with several other noteworthy rhythm and blues and rock and roll stars of the period. Phillips sold Sun in 1969. He was an early investor in the Holiday Inn chain of hotels. He also advocated racial equality and helped break down racial music industry barriers. (Wiki) #samphillips #sunrecords #sunstudios #dimestoreradio #marvelousmusic #rocknrollrevolution #musichistory #musicscene #legacylegend #influentialproducer #musicindustry #recordlabel #rootsrock #iconicartists #discoverartists #rocknrollpioneer #rockrevival #recordstudio #musichub #musiclover

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997),[3] known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s and one of the best selling artists in that decade.Remembering Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, she was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement".[3] Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. #odetta #folk #folkmusic #folksinger #dimestoreradio #singersongwriter #vintage

Remembering Ellas Otha Bates (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known professionally as Bo Diddley, he was an American guitarist and singer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, George Thorogood, Syd Barrett, and the Clash. #bodiddley #rock #guitar #guitarplaying #guitarist #blues #dimestoreradio #bluesmusic #retro #rockmusic #rockandroll

#bonnieraitt #musician #countrymusic #dimestoreradio #singersongwriter #folk #acoustic #blues #countryblues