November, 2004
28   A brand new front page!  And when you get a new front page you have to update the accessories, too.  Enjoy the tweaks all over the site with emphasis on the antics of Bill, Mike, and Jim, but we still have the glorious history of the Red Clay Ramblers, too.
5     Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - Real Money.  Bill opines on electronic voting machines.

October, 2004
6     Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - Onion Made: A Feux in Email Form
4     Jesse's letters: "The Baby Boomers' Latest Revolution" Continuing as an advocate for the elderly, Jesse adds an article by Lenore Skenazy to her site (October 2004 letter)

September 2004
21    General upkeep.  Did you know that "mp3" has gone out of fashion?  There are lots of varieties of "downloads" now, and we've had to try to track down all the mp3 mentions on the hundreds of pages on this site to sound more modern.  There was even one place where we still metioned "cassette"!  And we've streamlined our links to music sales sources to focus more on buying directly from the artist when possible.  We also recommend Rambler Chris Frank's eFolkMusic.
20    Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - Karaoke Night in George Bush's America by Joe Bageant

August, 2004
30    Back in 1972, Bill Hicks and Tommy Thompson returned to the Morris Family Old Time Music Festival in Ivydale, WVA. They played in memory of Bobbie Thompson, killed in a car crash the winter before, and soon the two of them started the Red Clay Ramblers with Jim Watson.  We've had some screen captures from the film Bob Gates made of the fest up for awhile, but we've now added ordering info for your own copy of the Collector's Edition of this film that captures a delightful 70s weekend.  Let it take you back. 
8       I don't know how we're going to stand it if the Original Red Clay Ramblers continue to outdo themselves at every show.  They closed out the show Friday night at the 30th Annual Carter Family Festival with a big dance party.  See the pics!

July, 2004
29     Our Fuzzy Mountain String Band section has been totally redone and contains lots of new material.  The big addition is a pic page from 1995's MerleFest appearance.  There are new cover scans with info from the LPs, a pic of the Fuzzies on the cover of the Old Time Herald, as well as clearer organization of all the Fuzzy collection.
14     The CD release of Meeting in the Air is happening in August.  We've changed all our cover pics to the new edition.  Follow the links to Mike's site to purchase your copy and retire that worn LP!
12     We now have a picture of the cover of Hollow Rock Legacy.  The Hollow Rock String Band section has been updated with clearer links and a listing of our collection.
11     Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - The Liberal Media Conspiracy
4       Three articles from Folkscenes magazine of Los Angeles, California: a Ralph Stanley and Red Clay Ramblers concert review (1978), the 1978 Cambridge (England) Folk Festival with our RCR, and an article "Red Clay Ramblers: Everyone's Favorite String Band"
4      Another review of the 1977 Red Clay Ramblers and Ralph Stanley show, this time from Seattle in the Victory Music Folk and Jazz Review
4     1983 Red Clay Ramblers concert review from Anchorage Alaska
1     The O'Blurs rocked the house at the 6 String Cafe & Music Hall.  If you got there late, you didn't get in.  See the pics.

June, 2004
5     Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "2 Day Coffee (a spritely piedmont blues)" - a new song/poem by Bill Hicks

May, 2004
17     Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "Chaos in Washington" by Tom Engelhardt of TomDispatch, a project of the Nation Institute
11     Two new pieces for Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - reviews of Reece Shipley, Mike Humphreys and Bobby Taylor.  Bill's amazing writing style and depth of old time knowledge and perspective get your foot tapping with the fiddles.
8       1985 review of the Ramblers' show "Biding Our Time"  in Indianapolis, complete with set list

April, 2004
17      Jesse's letters: added the full text of the Durham Herald Sun's editorial in support of the Geer Cemetery restoration (December 2003 #2)

March, 2004
24     Hollow Rock Legacy, a new double CD reissue sponsored by Alan Jabbour.  Hollow Rock String Band's self-titled second LP along with Sandy's Fancy.  Read all about it and order your copy!
17     A blog!  Bill Hicks has agreed to let us post his snappy opinions in his brand new Admit One Journal.  Bill sounds off on III (Hank Williams III for those of us out of the loop), Unknown Tongues, Crooked Jades, and Johnny Cash to start us off.
14     Memorial tributes to Tommy Thompson by Hal Crowther in the Oxford American and Bill Hicks in the Old Time Herald

February, 2004
8     Promo pics from the 80s added to our Photo Album pages 5 and 6. from the "Allison Lee Agency"
6     Added a pic from John Maeder of the O'Blurs at the Carter Fold and a scan of the tickets from the Down Home to the January 2004 Tour page
1     Joe Cline sent us some pics of the O'Blurs at the Cook Shack to add to our collection from the big January Tour

January, 2004
28   The first tour by Jim, Bill and Mike since Jimmy Carter was President!  See the pics!
10   RCR Theater - programs and souvenirs from the big shows that launched RCR and earned them a Toni down to the small local productions where they met.
7     Roy Dicks sent us two pages from the program for the original production of "The Last Song of John Proffit" at UNC in 1984 to add to our Proffit page. 
6     1986 and the Ramblers had released It Ain't Right and finished Sam Shepard's play A Lie of the Mind with its accompanying recording of the same name. The Durham Morning Herald reviews an RCR concert featuring cuts from the new releases, "Old Time Sounds With Wit, In Taste".
6     In September 1977, the Red Clay Ramblers played at the Ark in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for the first time.  The Ark is one of the nation's oldest folk clubs. Two encores later, they were invited back again and again.
5     New additions to our Tour Calendars collection--the latest are from 1983 and 1985.  Down Home, Winfield, Birchmere, Jordan, Sam Shepard's Lie of the Mind - follow the Blurs on tour.  And we thought about stealing this find, but instead just linked to some Cat's Cradle calendars from the early 1980s that show our Blurs on their home stage regularly.
5     A new poster for our Poster Gallery - Andy Spence's festival Gottagetgon '76 - you have to love the name
2     See the review of the Ramblers in Romania in June, 1977.  Don't worry - we included a translation that you have to read to believe
2     Eugene Chadbourne has been on a major roll writing about Red Clay Ramblers and their music for the All Music Guide. See below for his reviews of some RCR recordings. We've also added links to Eugene's fine comments about Bill Hicks, Fuzzy Mountain String Band, and Hollow Rock String Band.  Thanks, Eugene!
1     Twisted Laurel extras page - Eugene Chadbourne review, photos and outtakes and more
1     Lone Star Love or the Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas - a collection of souvenirs from the Red Clay Ramblers involvement from the 1970s to 2001.