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The Johnson Mountain Boys on Pickin

This week, Pickin brings you a wide range of traditional Bluegrass favorites with music from Dave Evans and River Bend, Longview, Del McCoury, The Johnson Mountain Boys and plenty of others. The Johnson Mountain Boys were instrumental in cementing Washington, DC as a prime hub for Bluegrass Music in the 1980s. They were regulars at venues like The Birchmere and Lucketts and also launched both national and international tours. The band has numerous personnel changes since many of the members were still in school and often would take a hiatus from performing to head off to college. We'll hear a full set from the band. Also, music from the new Daryl Mosley release entitled "Little Moments" and a double hit with Bill Emerson and The Sweet Dixie Band and then, Bill Emerson teaming with Cliff Waldron, from a "Best Of" compilation release. Two hours of traditional Bluegrass on Pickin. Sunday night at 7 on WHRV.

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.