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We've added a new section to the web site. We have more than a few photos in the archives of Hillbilly-Music.com that we cannot readily identify. On a regular basis we will post photos of folks we hope the fans will tell us who they are. We will post the answers along with the names of the folks that told us as a small way of saying 'thanks'.

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Hillbilly-Music.com

Yes, Hillbilly Music. You may perhaps wonder why. You may even snicker. But trust us, soon your feet will start tappin' and before you know it, you'll be comin' back for more...Hillbilly Music.

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It's about the people, the music, the history.

What's New at
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Just because it's history, doesn't mean we don't find or hear about something new. Our recent updates include:

Dusty Owens - Dusty Owens Dusty tells us about his career in his own words.
Early Michigan & Iowa years
WHO Iowa Barn Dance Frolic

TCMRadio.com
Country Music
The way you remember it!

Randy Blake Randy Blake - Over the years we've done this web site, one of the early disc jockeys has always seemed to generate a fair amount of emails from fans that remember listening to him over the radio. His real name was Harold Winston but you knew him as Randy Blake, the longtime host of WJJD's Suppertime Frolics show. DJs such as Mr. Blake helped promote hillbilly music and continued its growth in popularity as it transifitioned from live radio shows to spinning records. We hope his fans will enjoy our attempt to document his career.

Dolph Hewitt Dolph Hewitt - Early on he was known as "The Boy From the Hills of Pennsylvania". Growing up, he learned to play the fiddle to occupy his idle time from the family farm chores. He turned to music as a career when as the eldest of nine siblings, he had to help support the family. He became one of the headliners on the famed WLS National Barn Dance in Chicago. He married one of the Johnson sisters, Ruth. When WLS was sold and was turning to a new music format, Dolph took over the reigns of the show and moved it to WGN where it was heard on the radio as well as a television show.

Leodie Jackson Leodie Jackson - While we have not been able to document his career as much as we would have liked, we are partial to the steel guitar players who have long played a role in the distinctive sounds in many country music recordings. Leodie was one of those early steel guitar pioneers. Born in Oklahoma, he found his way out west and we discovered him in a collection of old photos. He was on the Los Angeles / Hollywood country music scene for a time.

Embert Mishler Embert Mishler - Embert had his own 15-minute radio show when he was just fifteen years old over KFJB in Marshalltown, Iowa. He later become one of the stars of the WHO Iowa Barn Dance Frolic out of Des Moines. His later career took him to Denver where he had his own TV show called the T Bar V Ranch Show over KFEL-TV. By the 1960s, he was entertaining audiences in Las Vegas.

Cliff Warren Cliff Warren - The Yodeling Cowboy from Waterbury, Connecticut's musical journey took him to places far and wide. He appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts show. He appeared in the movie 'Swing Your Partner'. He found work on radio stations KOAI and KTSA in San Antonio, Texas in the late 1940s. He met up with Gordon Jenkins while visiting family and friends back in his hometown who got him a Coral Records recording contract.

Keep clicking around - there's always something new spopping up on Hillbilly-Music.com.

Today: On the Air & Over The Web

The country music you like to hear is always just a click away every day. Just click on one of the show titles to visit their site. Give a listen. Kick back and enjoy the music. And send them a note of 'thanks' too while you're at it!

Saturday Night Dance Party
CIHS-FM (93.5 FM) 6pm - 9pm (MST)
Tony Greengrass Wetaskiwin, AB Canada
Barren River Breakdown
WKYU-FM (88.9 FM) 12pm - 2pm (CST)
Ericka Brady and Mark Hayes Bowling Green, KY
Gospel - On Traditional Country Music Radio
TCM Radio () 24/7 (EST)
Dusty Owens On the web
The Wheeling Jamboree
WWVA (1170 AM) 6:30pm (EST)
Wheeling, WV
Good 'n' Country
WFAI-FM (90.3 FM) 3pm - 5pm (CST)
Ken Hippler Minneapolis, MN
B-Bob's Hillbilly & Western Jamboree
WRVK (1460 AM) 8pm - 1am (EST)
B. Bob Blanshard Renfro Valley, KY
Hillbilly at Harvard
WHRB-FM (95.3 FM) 9am - 1pm (EST)
Cousin Lynn Joiner Cambridge, MA
Request Line
CIHS-FM (93.5 FM) 10am - 12pm (MST)
Tony Greengrass Wetaskiwin, AB Canada
Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree
WSM (650 AM) 12am - 1am (CST)
Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree Nashville, TN
Neglected Country
WRFR-FM (93.3 FM) 5pm - 8pm (EST)
Dane Winslow Rockland, ME
Traditional Country Music Radio
TCM Radio () 24/7 (EST)
Dusty Owens On the web
Good 'N Country
KFAI-FM (90.3 FM) 3pm - 5pm (CST)
Ken Hippler Minneapolis, MN
Grand Ole Opry
WSM (650 AM) 7pm - 12am (CST)
Grand Ole Opry Nashville, TN