Radio Cals

On this, the 201st anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, hear a new version of the classic "Battle of New Orleans", written by Stone County native Jimmy Driftwood; selections from the October 2015 Legacies & Lunch concert featuring Stephanie Smittle and Kit and Kaboodle; we remember the life of the late Senator Dale Bumpers with a reading from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas and an excerpt from a 2004 interview by Jack Hill; another installment of "Chewing the Fat with Rex & Paul"; Marvin Schwartz discusses his book "We Wanna Boogie: The Rockabilly Roots of Sonny Burgess and the Pacers", a history of both the legendary Arkansas band and the Newport community in which they grew up and were influenced; a portion of an oral history interview with Bob Boyd, noted local musician and former owner of Boyd's Music.