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Home of the Original Red Clay Ramblers - Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, and Jim Watson

Ramblers Publicity
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News
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Pre-Blur Bands
Hollow Rock String Band
Hollow Rock first LP
Hollow Rock second LP CD reissue
Fuzzy Mountain String Band
Fuzzy Mountain pics from the '70s
Union Grove 1970 by Bill Hicks
Fuzzy Mountain Pics from 1995
Fuzzy Mountain Music
Ramblers NOW - Recent Concert Pics - what the O'Blurs have done since RCR and lots of recent pics
VIDEOS!
Ramblers Cook Shack 2008 | Down Home 2008 | Carter Fold 2008 | Mountainhome Music 2008
Ramblers, ArtsCenter WCOM Benefit 2008
Ramblers, The Cave 2007
Ramblers, Southern Village 2007
Ramblers, Carter Family Fold 2007
Ramblers, Festival for the Eno 2007
Ramblers, Carolina Meadows/Forest at Duke 2007
Ramblers, Arts Center 2007
Ramblers (new name!), Cook Shack 2007
O'Blurs, Southern Village 2006
O'Blurs, Carter Family Fold 2006
O'Blurs, Down Home 2006
O'Blurs Cook Shack 2006
O'Blurs, The Cave 2005
O'Blurs, Northern Ireland 2005
O'Blurs, Southern Village 2005
O'Blurs, Cook Shack 2005
O'Blurs, Six String Cafe 2005
O'Blurs, Carter Family Fold 2005
O'Blurs, Down Home 2005
Mike, Jim & Joe at Eno 2005
Durham Arts Council Benefit at the Q Shack 2005
Carter Family Festival 2004
6 String - June 2004
January 2004 Tour
Carter Family Fold, 2003
Red Clay Ramblers Reunion NCMA, 2003
Down Home in Johnson City, TN, 2003
Down Home in Johnson City, TN, 2002
Willie's Redemption Release Celebration Pics
O'Blur reunion at the Festival for the Eno, 2001

Bill Hicks now

Bill's Home
Bill & Libby info
Bill's Press Info
South of Nowhere | Reviews
B&L Concert Pictures
The Perfect Gig | Lyrics
William Hicks Masonry
Admit One Journal: Fiddlin' Bill's Snappy Opinions
Fuzzy Mountain String Band

Mike Craver now

Mike's Carter Family Stories
NC Museum of Art Concert 1999
Bull City Cosmic Hoedown Concert 2000
"Visiting Tommy"

Jim Watson now

Jim's Home
Willie's Redemption
Willie's Redemption Release Celebration Pics
N&O Review of Willie's Redemption
Don't Tell Me, I Don't Know
N&O Review of Don't Tell Me, I Don't Know
CD release concert flyer 1999
Bull City Cosmic Hoedown Concert 2000
Jim and RCRs at Xmas, Tommy's benefit concert
Hollow Rock String Band

Tommy Thompson Tribute Site

Obituary
Old Time Herald Memorial by Bill Hicks
Oxford American Memorial by Hal Crowther
Tommy's ORCR page
Jessie’s letters about Tommy
A Tune for Tommy
Tributes from Tommy's friends and fans
Last Song of John Proffit
Carrboro performances and interviews 1998
Tarheel of the Week 1992
Option Music Alternatives Interview 1988
‘New-timey music’ a Rambler calls it
Folk Life interview Part 1 1978
Folk Life interview Part 2 1978
Tommy writes Coming to Hollow Rock
Hollow Rock String Band
1970 Interview in NC Anvil
Mike Craver's "Visiting Tommy"

Jack Herrick now

Ralph Stanley, Red Clay Ramblers ready to reunite 2006
Red Clay Ramblers at 20
Red Clay, Broadway
Life on the Mississippi
Lone Star Love: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas
"Old Time Sounds With Wit, In Taste"
 
History of the Red Clay Ramblers

Blurred Time - Bill Hicks' history of the band 1972 - 1981

Paradise Inn
Time Continues
War Pipes
A Trip with Ralph
Sweet Corn
1979
Birmingham Diner
1980
Sleeper

 Red Clay Ramblers Souvenirs

Chronology
RCR and Theater
Interview after Studs (Tommy/Bill)
Blurs in the Smithsonian at Carter Family’s Fold
RCR: Evolution of a String Band
RCR: String Band Music for the 80s
Folkscene: Everone's Favorite String Band
Folkscene: Cambridge Folk Festival
NPR 1979 interview with Tommy Thompson
Folkscene: Ralph Stanley/Red Clay Ramblers concert
Victory Review: Ralph Stanley/RCR contrast in style
Bluegrass Unlimited cover article
Pickin': What the Red Clay Ramblers Play
Folk Life: RCR at Godfrey Daniels
"Ramblers Bill Hicks Lives for the Music"
Bill Hicks Interview: "RCR Style is Eclectic"
Mandocrucian's Digest: Jim Watson
Jim Watson 1978 Duke alumni interview
"Red Clay Ramblers Warble at Ark"
"Red Clay Ramblers Return to Cabaret"
"Old Time Sounds With Wit, In Taste"
Fly By Night Club Concert, Anchorage Alaska
Jack and Tommy on Lie of the Mind
Twisted Laurel review
Chickhominy flyer
Vancouver flyer
Garrison Keillor’s newsletter
Option Music Alternatives Interview 1988
Red Clay Ramblers at 20
Red Clay, Broadway
Life on the Mississippi
Lone Star Love: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas
Posters: Gigs, Studs, International
See Also: Diamond Studs Souvenirs
See also each Rambler list to the left for more recent items

Carter Family Connections

Mike Craver writes - siging at Janette Carter's funeral
Mike Craver's journal - meeting Sara Carter
Mike journal - singing at Sara's funeral
Mike's journal - AP Carter Memorial Fest
Mike's Journal - Cash-Crowell Wedding Reception
Jim Watson's memory of Sara's funeral
See also O'Blurs at the Fold 2003
and many other pic pages of their recent shows at the Fold
Ramblers on the 2006 Carter Family Memorial Festival fan

Tour calendars

Summer ’76
November ’76
Feb-May ’77
May-June ’77
July-Aug ’77

1977: A Year in the 
Life of a Rambler

Oct-Dec ’77
Jan-April ’78
April-Aug ’78

July-Aug ’78
April-June ’79
Summer ’79
Summer ’80
Fall ’80
Feb-March ’81
Spring ’81
September ’81
Spring '83
Summer '85
Fall '85
Middle East 1992
Discography
  • Red Clay Ramblers recordings
  • Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, Jim Watson: a growing list of individual work
  • links to mp3s and sound files
  • RCR with Debby McClatchy, Si Kahn, Al McCanless, and Eugene Chadbourne
  • sound tracks and scores
  • BUY BLURS: links to sales sources if available
  • New! Extras pages for Chuckin' the Frizz, Merchants Lunch, Twisted Laurel
Diamond Studs - Red Clay Ramblers in their first New York musical

Clive Barnes review in The New York Times
Newsweek review by Jack Kroll | Saturday Review
Recordings of Diamond Studs music
Interview at the beginning of Studs
Interview after Studs (Tommy/Bill)
"Will Success Spoil the Homefolks?
Studs Miami opening "The Studs Saga"
Color photo of cast | Black and white stills
Playbill from NY and Studs cash
Ranch House Playbills: original run  return to NC
Flyer for DC | Flyer for NY concerts
New York Magazine clipping
Village Voice and NY Times ads for NY concerts
Stories: Perry Young, Kerry Blech, Bill Hicks
Studs Posters

Red Clay Ramblers Links
  • links to pages that mention the Red Clay Ramblers
  • links to old-time or acoustic sites
  • friends
  • links to the official Red Clay Ramblers website
Photo Album
Page 1 - 1973-74
Page 2 - 1976
Page 3 - 1977-78
Page 4 - 1979-80
Page 5 - 1981-83
Page 6 - to 1986
Page 7 - music and album covers
Links to recent pics
Recent concert pics
Videos
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