John Lilly is a multi-talented acoustic music performer from Charleston, West Virginia,
specializing in Americana, roots country, and traditional folk music.
His creative original songs recall the sounds of earlier generations, while his innovative treatment of early country and traditional music is timeless. According to one reviewer, "If Hank Williams had a sunny disposition, he'd be John Lilly." John is much in demand as an authority on the music of Jimmie Rodgers, regularly appearing at Jimmie Rodgers tributes and festivals all over the world.
John has released four self-produced CDs. His newest release, "Haunted Honky Tonk," achieved the No. 1 position on both the Freeform American Roots (FAR) and Euro Americana radio charts! "Broken Moon," released in 2000, earned enthusiastic reviews and widespread radio airplay. Bluegrass Unlimited magazine called it one of the "most unusual and interesting acoustic disks of the year." John's second CD, "Last Chance to Dance," released in 2003, debuted at the No. 4 position in Europe on the Euro Americana radio chart and No. 1 on the FAR chart. His third CD, "Blue Highway," released in 2005, is a collaboration with legendary Tennessee fiddler Ralph Blizard.
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John is widely recognized as a powerful performing songwriter. In 2005, he won the international Ghost Writers In the Sky songwriting contest, sponsored by HankFest, a Chicago-based festival honoring the music of Hank Williams. John won a customized guitar for his original song "Blue Highway." He was a finalist in the 2002 Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, chosen from 853 entries and placing third in the Country category for his song "Broken Moon."
John was born in Illinois in 1954 and has travelled and performed extensively. A former member of the Green Grass Cloggers dance team, John spent years playing traditional string band music with groups including Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers. He is a former a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, and is currently editor of the West Virginia state heritage magazine Goldenseal.
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On our site you can now listen to Jimmie Rodgers singing the very first song he recorded - on 4th of August 1927 - The Soldier's Sweetheart. This was the famous first session with Ralph Peer recording, made in Bristol, Tennessee.
You can also see the record, as it is played on an old 78 rpm His Masters Voice record player from the 1930's.
In the next session Jimmie did with Ralph Peer, on 30th of November 1927, in Camden, New Jersey, he sung his song Blue Yodel. It starts, as you all know: "T for texas, T for Tennessee. T for Thelma, that gal that made a wreck out of me."
With that song, and the flip side - Way out on the Mountain - Jimmies success was clear.
He became The Singing Brakeman - America's Blue Yodeler.
Thank you Jimmie.
Michael
PS. The sound on the video comes after a little while.
