West Virginia PBS to broadcast music induction ceremony

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February 15, 2010

Anonymous The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Mon Feb 15, 2010, 04:34 PM EST

It’s television that celebrates the creative work of some of the most respected and loved West Virginians. In a locally-produced prime-time special, West Virginia PBS will broadcast in high definition the third induction ceremony of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame which took place last November at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston. Watch the program on Thursday, Feb. 26 from 9 p.m.-11 p.m. on West Virginia PBS and West Virginia PBS in HD. (Check your local listings for channel assignments.)

Hosted by singer Kathy Mattea and harmonica virtuoso Charlie McCoy, this year’s tribute honored seven musicians including The Bailes Brothers, Larry Combs, Frank DeVol, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Don Redman, Nat Reese and Doc & Chickie Williams.

The evening was also a homecoming of sorts, with 2007 inductee Bill Withers returning to present jazz arranger Don Redman’s posthumous award, and 2008 inductee Robert Drasnin returning to lead his “voodoo” arrangement of Frank DeVol’s theme to the TV show “The Family Affair.”

Classical clarinetist Larry Combs performed a Mozart piece with the Montclaire String Quartet for his induction segment while bluesman Nat Reese was joined by Bob Thompson, Jupie Little, Don Dixon and presenter Phil Wiggins for an inspirational version of “Save a Seat For Me.” Mattea performed a Hazel Dickens song, and a little of “Country Roads,” and McCoy performed with a few of his studio musician buddies -- West Virginians in Nashville, Wayne Moss and Russ Hicks. Charleston native Butch Miles, perhaps the country’s top shelf jazz drummer, came “home” to perform with the house band which also included Grammy-award winner Tim O’Brien.

Other performances featured Homer Bailes, the last surviving member of the Bailes Brothers, leading “The Drunkard’s Grave”; Karen “Pumpkin” McKenzie, the daughter of Doc & Chickie Williams, singing “One Heart, One Life”; Hawkshaw Hawkins’ son Hawk Jr. performing his father’s hit “Lonesome 7-7203” and Grand Ole Opry star Jean Shepard leading a finale of “Sunny Side of the Mountain.” The event also included the WV Music Hall of Fame’s first Spirit Award, presented to musician, bandleader and entrepreneur “Joltin’” Jim McCoy from Berkeley Springs.

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