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How Did These Pages Happen?
The site you are viewing started out as a small research project for my instructional technology master’s degree program during a class on web site development. I picked the Red Clay Ramblers because I’d always liked the music and wondered what became of them. In doing web searches to find that answer, I found there were no sites devoted to their early work, so I wouldn’t be copying anyone if I made some unofficial pages from a fan’s perspective. But, while there were no sites built for the Blurs, there is actually a lot of information scattered around the Web in music stores, newsgroups, and personal homepages that could be collected into one place. I planned a few modest pages with the lists of recordings and some links to current pages that mentioned the band or its members. That’s hardly the way it’s happening. I wrote to fiddler Bill Hicks, and I was so pleased when Bill not only liked the idea of the site, but also immediately contributed some pictures, an article, and some song lists of albums I didn’t know about. Mike Craver was equally kind and helpful with pictures and suggestions as well. Tommy Thompson’s daughter Jessie found the site and sent some information. Kerry Blech, RCR friend from way back, sent his reminiscences in answer to a simple email request to link to his old-time photo gallery. Things have really been snowballing, pages lengthening and multiplying, and plans expanding beyond anything I’d ever thought possible. I’m having a great time trying to post all the information coming in email daily. To anyone who is mentioned or has work on the site: if you’d like anything added, deleted, altered, credited, or corrected, just say so, and I’ll do my best. I don’t want anyone to feel invaded by some stranger putting information on the web. I can at least fix the stranger part—I’m a high school math teacher, wife, mother of 2 grown children and one 14 going on 21. Going back for my master’s degree seemed just the thing to do when two of my children were already in college, so hubby says he’s the only one left not in school at the house. We live in Franklin County, Virginia, Moonshine Capitol of the World. If any counties out there would like to challenge that, please feel free—you are welcome to the title if you can earn it. Enjoy the site. Click on the email address at the bottom of the page to share your memories, send a correction for anything you think is wrong, or just to say hi. Remember the music with me—you know it makes you smile. Bren
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