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PUBLICITY RESOURCES
Publicity blurb: history of the band and the musicians
view publicity info as html on Mike' Craver's site
download printable/digital version of publicity (doc)

High resolution print quality pic - click on the thumbnail below

left to right: Joe Newberry, Mike Craver, Jim Watson, and Bill Hicks; Photographer: Daniel Coston


UPCOMING SHOWS: when and where

Craver, Hicks, Watson, Newberry
HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS
THE DAY THEY CAME BACK: Jim Watson, Bill Hicks and Mike Craver, original members of the Red Clay Ramblers, on the stage of the Festival for the Eno, July 2001, their first performance as a group in 20 years.


Joe Newberry first performed with Craver, Hicks, and Watson at the Carter Family Fold in June 2003.
 


Craver, Hicks, Watson, & Newberry at the 14th Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival in Omagh, Northern Ireland, September 2005


 More concert pics
 
THE MUSICIANS
 
Bill Hicks, fiddle
Bill, the founding fiddler of the Red Clay Ramblers, was before that a member of the Fuzzy Mountain String Band, and appears on their two Rounder LPs (reissued in 1995 as a Rounder CD). After leaving the Ramblers in 1981 he began playing music with his wife, Libby, and working as a stone mason in Chatham County,NC, where they live. Bill and Libby have a CD on the Copper Creek label, SOUTH OF NOWHERE. Bill and Libby also played for seven years in the cajun-zydeco band Unknown Tongues. Bill writes songs and produced a live solo CD of his songs, THE PERFECT GIG, in 2002.
More on Bill Hicks: his homepage | Red Clay Ramblers 1972-1981 site
Jim Watson, mandolin
Jim currently tours with Robin and Linda Williams in Their Fine Group. Jim has released three solo CDs: DON'T TELL ME I DON'T KNOW, WILLIE'S REDEMPTION, and his latest THIS WORLD WOULD BE ALL SUNSHINE. Jim, who also performs with the Green Level Entertainers, has ushered in the Christmas season for 23 straight years with his holiday show at the Cave in Chapel Hill. Before founding the Red Clay Ramblers (1972-1986), Jim recorded with the Hollow Rock String Band on their second LP.
More on Jim Watson: his homepage | Red Clay Ramblers 1972-1981 site
Mike Craver, piano
Mike has worked in musical theater since leaving the Red Clay Ramblers in 1986. He co-wrote the Off Broadway musicals OIL CITY SYMPHONY, and RADIO GALS. He arranged the music for SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN and the sequel SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN HOMECOMING. He's released three solo records: FISHING FOR AMOUR, WAGONER'S LAD, and SHINING DOWN, and also collaborated with Clyde Edgerton on a musical version of Clyde's novel LUNCH AT THE PICCADILLY and a new "story/song" CD of THE BIBLE SALESMAN.
More on Mike Craver: his homepage | Red Clay Ramblers 1972-1981 site
Joe Newberry, banjo
Joe Newberry grew up singing the old songs he learned from his family in the Ozarks, and is also known for his powerful and innovative banjo playing. In addition to playing with Jim, Mike and Bill, he plays and sings with Big Medicine. His solo CD TWO HANDS has received glowing notices from reviewers and fans alike.
More on Joe Newberry: My Space | Banjo Hangout

Page background photographer: Robert Donnan (Craver, Hicks, Watson & Newberry in concert at Southern Village, Chapel Hill NC).  Individual pics by Bren Overholt and Anne Berry. 

 

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