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Best of Pickin: The Dead South, Lil Smokies, Del McCoury, and JigJam

The Best of Pickin kicks off your weekend with music from the Montana based Lil Smokies Band. They began by busking on the streets of Missoula in 2009. Fifteen years later, they are rocking festivals like Floydfest and Telluride. Also, selections from The Dead South, Wilson Banjo Company, Danny Burns, Del McCoury, and the Irish Band Jigjam. We’ll also hear several tracks from the 2002 album Bluegrass Goes to Town: Pop Songs Bluegrass Style with covers of Friend of the Devil, Can’t Find My Way Home, and Heartbreak Hotel. Your Friday Night just got better with the Best of Pickin. 11:00pm-1AM here on 89.5.

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.