The Best of Pickin features the North Carolina based Grass Cats

WHRO | By Barry Graham

Published August 2, 2024 at 1:55 PM EDT

On this week’s Best of Pickin, we have music from the North Carolina based band The Grass Cats. For twenty years, this hard hitting band (quote)”prowled the stages and venues of North Carolina and beyond.” They disbanded in 2017 but not before leaving behind a sizeable catalog of releases and outstanding performances. We’ll hear several tracks, including a wonderful cover of the Springsteen Classic Hungry Heart. Also, music from another North Carolina band -Chatham County Line. And, tracks from the Dead South, Mipso (also from North Carolina), and Blue Highway. Tune in for an eclectic mix of both traditional and new grass. Friday night at 11 on WHRV and on-demand at WHRO.org.

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Barry Graham used to arrive at WHRO with a briefcase full of papers and lesson plans. For 32 years he taught US and Virginia Government in the Virginia Beach Public Schools. While teaching was always his first love, radio was a close second. While attending Old Dominion, Barry was program director at WODU, the college radio station. After graduating, he came to WHRO as an overnight announcer. Originally intending to stay on only while completing graduate school, he was soon hooked on Public Radio and today is the senior announcer on WHRV. In 2001, Barry earned his Ph.D in Urban Studies by writing a history of WHRO and analyzing its impact upon local education, policy and cultural arts organizations.

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