Thanks for the plug on Merlefest, Jeff. I am ecstatic to be at the same festival with folks like the Dillards. Yippee! Look forward to seeing you there.
Don, it was a blast to be Arthur Smith's show. I guess in his day he was the Ed Sullivan of the South. Arthur started on WBT radio (the precursor of WBTV), around the same time as the Carter family got their start on the station, so he's been around country music since before there really was anything called country music. Andy Griffith applied for a job on WBT in 1941, but was turned down (little did they know!) Later though, Andy was a guest on Arthur's TV show. Alison Krauss and Union Station were on the same episode I was on, and they played (IIRC) in tshirts and shorts, while Arthur, the old professional, wore a suit and tie. They sounded great though. The latest incarnation of "Carolina Calling" was an attempt by UNC-TV to resurrect the show in a modern setting, but it never gained much traction. I wish I could have seen the show back in its heyday. The song I sang on Arthur's show was "Carolina." You can hear (and download) it, if you want, here: http://www.myspace.com/jasonharrodmusic Jason On Friday, March 24, 2006, at 01:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Jason Harrod, > > I was looking at your website and see you've been on Arthur Smith's > show. The thought of that is sure a blast from the past for me. As I > was > growing up in Hickory, NC, Arthur (and his Crackerjacks, including > Brother > Ralph, Tommy Faile, Wayne "Skeeter" Haas, etc) was a staple on WBTV > Channel > 3 our of Charlotte. Is he still around? > > While there's admittedly not much TAGS content here, Arthur Smith is > very > much an Andy Griffith kind of guy! (There are some ties between > them.) Oh, and Mr. Smith wrote what became known as "Dueling Banjos" > of > "Deliverance" fame, but was also played by the Darlings in an > oft-edited-out scene. > > Don Good > (Anyone remember Fred Kirby?) > > _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
