Interview with Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall, May 30, 2009
Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall discuss their lives and music careers, from their childhoods to the present day. They each describe how they began writing songs as children, how they became professional songwriters, and using their personal experiences and characters in their lives to write songs. They talk about their relationships with other musicians, including the Carter Family, Flatt and Scruggs, Jimmy Martin, Johnny Cash, and producer Jerry Kennedy.Interview Accession
Interviewee Name
Dixie Hall
Interviewer Name
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Interview Keyword
Bill Monroe for Breakfast (Song) Little Bitty (Song) Pamela Brown (Song) Flatt and Scruggs (Artist) Hall, Dixie (Artist) Dixie Hall (Artist) Kentucky Travelers (Artist) The Year Clayton Delaney Died (Song) A Week in a Country Jail (Song) I Love (Song) Monroe, Bill (Artist) Bill Monroe (Artist) Fox On The Run (Song) Carter Family (Artist) Sneaky Snake (Song) Songwriting Salute to a Switchblade (Song)Interview LC Subject
Bluegrass musicians Songs. Popular music--Writing and publishing. Lyric writing (Popular music) Musical ability in children. Musical ability. Musical families Childhood Bands (Music) Musical groups. Musical performance Music--Performance. Music fans. Records. Sound recordings. Sound--Recording and reproducing Bluegrass music Country musicInterview Rights
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Hall, Tom T. Interview by Chris Jones. 30 May. 2009. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hall, T.T. (2009, May 30). Interview by C. Jones. Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hall, Tom T., interview by Chris Jones. May 30, 2009, 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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