November 2005
27   Original Red Clay Ramblers at The Cave, oldest bar in Chapel Hill NC
10   Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "You're Doing a Heck of a Job, Brownie"

October 2005
12   Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "Legislating from the Bench"

September 2005
22   Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "we don't need no stinking investigation"
21   Jesse's letters: Fuzzy Bunny contemplates New Orleans
1     Many thanks to the O'Blur fans!  Jane Hogan shared her pics from the Cook Shack show in Union Grove NC.  Tom Stammely and Sandra Simpson were at the Six String and sent a fine batch of pics they took.  Many thanks to these fans who got some great shots in difficult conditions.

August 2005
31   Optimistically, we've started a blog page for the O'Blurs trip to Omagh, Northern Ireland.  Mike and Joe sent an email on their way to the airport, so we've started the page and are hoping for more updates of the festivities and antics over the weekend.
30   Another O'Blur show! Southern Village...wow, what a beautiful day!
27   O'Blur shows! Down Home, Carter Family Fold, Six String, and Cook Shack!
17   Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"
7     Mike sent us a pic he took of Bill in Stockholm in 1977 - Photo Album Page 3

July 2005
4     And a happy Independence Day to all.  Mike Craver, Jim Watson, and Joe Newberry celebrated the holiday playing at the Festival for the Eno on 7/2.  Check out the pics from the show.

June 2005
23    Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - remembrances of Jimmy Day by Winnie Winston.
18    Bill'sAdmit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "Wonderland" - the Conyers hearing on the UK memo and the Washington Post coverage by Dana Milbank
17    Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "What Senator Dick Durbin said."
16    A new chapter in Bill Hicks' Blurred Time!  Fall of '77 found our Red Clay Ramblers on a west coast and Canadian tour with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys.  Read "A Trip with Ralph"
9     Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - a guest shot from Arthur Silber "Alice Miller and Thuggery"
7     They're back!  It's been just entirely too long since the last O'Blurs show, but the summer is gonna be a hot one.  The band kicked off the summer season with a benefit for the Durham Arts Council at the Q Shack in Durham. 

April 2005
2    A fan signed Tommy's guestbook and offered us a  pic he'd taken of Tommy back in 1968.  Of course we took him up on it.  We've posted Leonard Koenick's pic on the first page of the Photo Album.

March 2005
15  Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "Boycott Chicken"
9    Back in 1979, the Red Clay Ramblers broadcast live from Dayton on NPR radio.  The bootleg lives and includes an interview with Tommy Thompson.  Read it here.  (You'll have to wheedle your own copy of the music.)
6    Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - review of the Down Home's Ed Snodderly's CD "Brier Visions"
6    Jesse Thompson forwarded a 1975 review/article for Diamond Studs' opening in Miami after its NYC run.  "The ‘Studs’ Saga: How a little country musical stormed New York.  Is Coconut Grove ready for this?" includes inside looks at how the play developed and what it was like for the NC musicians to be suddenly transplanted to a new level.
2    Bill's Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions - "Jeff Gannon"--the crucial question

January 2005
8    Updated the Chronology, adding recent doings as well as more O'Blur individual exploits.
2    New graphic from the 2004-5 Lone Star Love run Off Broadway