Interview with Everett Lilly, September 25, 2008
Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Everett Lilly discusses his music career, mainly with his brother Bea as the Confederate Mountaineers (later renamed the Lilly Brothers). He talks about their early interest in music and how their musical career began in the church. He talks about their early radio shows and their eventual work in Boston at the Hillbilly Ranch. He talks about some of the other musicians they worked with throughout their careers.Interview Accession
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Charles Everett Lilly (Artist) Lilly, Everett (Artist) Everett Lilly (Artist) Lilly Brothers (Artist) Bea Lilly (Artist) Lilly, Bea (Artist) Mandolin players Mandolins Flatt and Scruggs (Artist) Scruggs, Earl (Artist) Earl Scruggs (Artist) Flatt, Lester (Artist) Lester Flatt (Artist) Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (Artist) Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (Artist) Hillbilly Ranch (Venue) Confederate Mountaineers (Artist) Stover, Don (Artist) Don Stover (Artist) Childhood ReligionInterview LC Subject
Musical instruments. Music--Instruction and study. Boston (Mass.) Sound recordings. Sound studios Sound--Recording and reproducing Radio programs. Music--Performance. Musical families Radio stations. Bands (Music) Bluegrass music. Bluegrass musicians Musical groups. Musical performance Music business Music iconsInterview Rights
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Lilly, Everett Interview by Tim O'Brien. 25 Sep. 2008. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Lilly, E. (2008, September 25). Interview by T. O'Brien. Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Lilly, Everett, interview by Tim O'Brien. September 25, 2008, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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