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This program is a rebroadcast of a 2005 interview by Anne Kimzey with musicians Cast King and Matt Downer from Sand Mountain. Guitarist and songwriter Cast King and his former band The Country Drifters recorded with Sun Records of Memphis in the 1950s. Matt Downer, a young musician, worked with Mr. King for a few years to learn his guitar style and to record his music and life history. During the program Mr. King performed three of the approximately 500 songs he wrote in his lifetime. Cast King died in 2007.
This special radio series will air every Tuesday at 8:00 to 8:30 P.M. Central, on the Troy Public Radio Network at:
This radio series may not be broadcast in your area, but it can be accessed via the Internet at: http://www.arts.alabama.gov/actc/radioserieslist.aspx
If you have been listening to, and enjoying this radio series, please send your comments to: barbara.reed@arts.alabama.gov
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Alabama Arts Radio is a weekly Radio Program that airs on WTSU, Troy Public Radio, Tuesdays at 9:00 to 9:30 P.M., broadcasting mainly in the south Alabama
Friday, December 02, 2016
Cast King and Matt Downer
Labels:
Alabama Arts,
arts council,
arts education,
award,
bluegrass,
folklife,
guitar,
music
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