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Individual members of the 'Blurs,' (a fan nickname for the Ramblers) have
gone on to dozens of side projects and, in the process, have created a
fearsome and thriving scene in and of themselves. "
...Durham
Independent
Ramblers
Gigs (Jim, Mike, Bill & Joe)
Bill
Hicks Gigs ~~ Mike
Craver Gigs ~~ Jim Watson Gigs
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The
Ramblers: Mike Craver, Jim Watson, Bill
Hicks, and Joe Newberry - Publicity
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CATCH
A SHOW!
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Friday,
February 6 - Charlotte
Folk Society, Great Aunt Stella Center,
926 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte NC, 7:30 PM. Hour-long concert, followed
by slow & fast jam sessions and a song circle. PICS
POSTED | Videos on YouTube
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Saturday,
March 7 - Fairgrove
Music Hall, Thomasville, NC. PICS
POSTED | Video on YouTube
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Thursday,
March 26 - Cook
Shack, Union Grove NC. (FMI: email
for required reservations or 704-539-4353. The "Cook Shack" is located
in front of the Union Grove Elementary School.) PICS
POSTED WITH LINKS TO YOUTUBE
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Friday,
March 27 - The
Rooster's Wife, Aberdeen, NC. 8 PM PICS
POSTED
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Saturday,
March 28 - Fiddle
and Bow, Winston Salem, NC. 8 PM PICS
POSTED WITH LINKS TO YOUTUBE
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Saturday,
May 16 - Jim, Bill, &
Joe perform at the benefit concert
for Jan Johannsen, one of Raleigh's stalwart fiddlers and music teachers,
who needs help with mounting medical bills for a heart condition.
The music starts in the early afternoon out on the Green at Southern Village
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Saturday,
May 30 - The
Down Home,
Johnson City, TN, 9PM PICS
POSTED WITH LINKS TO YOUTUBE
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Sunday,
May 31 - Mountain
Home Music Concert Series, Blowing Rock, NC PICS
POSTED
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Sunday,
June 28 - Southern
Village Summer Music Series on the Green, Chapel
Hill NC
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Sunday,
July 5 - Festival
for the Eno, Durham, NC. Grove
Stage, 3:15 pm (Also at the Grove Stage: Si Kahn 1:30, Robin & Linda
Williams with their Fine Group 2:15)
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Saturday,
August 29 - Pocahontas
County Opera House, Marlinton WVa,
7:30pm
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Tuesday,
Jan. 26 -
The
Ramblers - Campbell University, Buies
Creek, NC
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Friday,
April 9 -
The
Ramblers - The
Focal Point, St. Louis, MO
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Saturday,
April 10 - The
Ramblers - Big
Muddy Folk Festival, Boonville, MO
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Mike's
Store
Ramblers
on CD!
Mike's
Store
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Ramblers, aka the Original Red Clay Ramblers, aka Mike Craver, Bill Hicks,
and Jim Watson: That means reliving the eclectic '20s and '30s by way of
the '70s in the '00s. In addition to the difference between the shows of
then and now cited by Hicks—"There were a lot more young people in the
audience back then"—there's also a good chance you'll hear songs from the
guys' innumerable solo and side projects. —Rick Cornell |
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CHECK
THE PICS
AND VIDEOS
FROM RECENT SHOWS
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"The
Original Ramblin' Men" by Rick Cornell, Durham Independent Weekly
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CHUCKIN' THE
FRIZZ and
HARD TIMES now on CD!
Get
yours from Mike's Store | NEW Chuckin'
the Frizz page!
Read more!
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Friday,
June 19 - Bill &
Libby: Third Friday Art Walk, Courtyard
Coffee and Soda Café, 223B N. Chatham Avenue, Siler City NC, 7 to
9pm
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Thursday,
June 25 - Bill &
Libby: Better Health's Outdoor Adventure
Auction, Sol Rose Amphitheater, 1130 Person St., Fayetteville NC.
Music starts at 6:15 until the auction at 7:30 and continues after the
auction.
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Sunday,
June 28 - The
Ramblers - Southern
Village Summer Music Series on the Green, Chapel Hill NC
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Sunday,
July 5 - The
Ramblers - Festival
for the Eno, Durham, NC. Grove Stage, 3:15 pm.
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Friday,
July 24 - Bill &
Libby: contra dance, Triangle
Country Dancers, Pleasant Green Community Center, Durham NC
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Saturday,
August 29 - The
Ramblers - Pocahontas
County Opera House, Marlinton WVa, 7:30pm
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Saturday,
November 14 - Bill
& Libby: Greenville NC Contra
Dance sponsored by ECU
Folk & Country Dancers, Willis Bldg on ECU campus, First &
Reade Streets, Greenville NC. 7 pm contra dance lessons, 7:30 - 10:00 the
contra dance, Rodney Sutton calling
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Tuesday,
Jan. 26 -
The
Ramblers - Campbell University, Buies
Creek, NC
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Friday,
April 9 -
The
Ramblers - The
Focal Point, St. Louis, MO
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Saturday,
April 10 - The
Ramblers - Big
Muddy Folk Festival, Boonville, MO
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Bill
at iTunes
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Bill's
Admit One Journal of Snappy Opinions
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Mighty
Fine News from Jim Watson
CLICK
THE PIC FOR A PAGE OF XMAS SHOW PICS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS!
2008
was Jim Watson's 23rd Annual Christmas Show at The Cave and 4th Annual
Hillsborough Show
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The Ramblers
Fan Clan packs The Cave to its rocky ceiling and sing in a merry kick-off
for the Christmas season. The photo of Jim and his nieces was taken
by Tom Watts at The Cave.
WCHL AM radio recognized Jim as a "Hometown Hero"
for his contribution to the community through his Christmas shows.
Congrats, Jim! |
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Q SHACK
SHOWS: Jim often joins Uncle LeRoy Savage (the Father of Newgrass Music)
at North Hills on Thursdays 7-9 pm along with Tommy Edwards and also on
Wednesdays (along with Greenie Marley) at the University Drive location
in Durham 6:30-8:30.
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Jim also
plays with Green Level Entertainers (including Tony Williamson,
Leroy Savage, Harris Marley, . Their next show is November 28 at
The
Cave.
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The
Ramblers: Jim with Bill Hicks, Mike Craver and Joe Newberry -- see
above
 Jim's
new CD! "The World Would be All Sunshine" Pick up your copy at the
show or order directly ($16.50):
Jim Watson
132 Justice Street
Chapel Hill NC 27516
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tour dates
for
Jim
Watson with Robin & Linda Williams
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Hollow
Rock Legacy - new CD reissue of the Hollow Rock String Band's
second LP with Jim Watson, Tommy Thompson, and Alan Jabbour.
More
info/ordering
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Now
available! CD reissue of Meeting in the Air - Songs of the
Carter Family. Get your CD version of this classic done by Jim
Watson, Mike Craver, and Tommy Thompson
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AND!
Hard Times and Chuckin' the Frizz on CD!
Order
Meeting
in the Air, Chuckin' the Frizz and Hard Times from Mike's Store!
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VIDEOS!ArtsCenter,
Carter Fold, Down Home, Cook Shack, Oak Grove
and
links to Ramblers videos on You Tube!
recent
concert pics
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The
Red Clay Ramblers opened for Ralph Stanley again in 2006, but read about
the first time -- back in 1977.
Our
newest chapter of Bill Hicks' Blurred Time - "A
Trip with Ralph"
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2005:
What a stretch of shows at the Down Home (8/19), Carter Family
Fold(8/20),
Six String (8/24), Cook Shack (8/25), Southern
Village 8/28. and Ulster American Folk Park (9/2-4) (click
on thumbnails for more pics)
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O'BLURS in
IRELAND!
Mike Craver,
Bill Hicks, Jim Watson and Joe Newberry
September 2-4,
2005
14th Annual Appalachian
& Bluegrass Music Festival,
Ulster-American
Folk Park, Omagh, County Tyrone, N. Ireland
Also on the program:
Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group, King Wilkie
Pics
Posted | Blog of the trip
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