with Art Menius, Executive Director of the Southeast Region Folk Alliance Association
Folks, It’s been an action packed couple of weeks. On May 18th I was honored to be the keynote speaker at the Southeast Regional Conference of the Folk Alliance at Montreat, NC, and doubly honored to receive a SERFA Award for “distinguished service and exceptional contributions to Folk Music in the Southeast region of Folk Alliance International.”
LtoR Tracy Schwarz, Ginny Hawker, Art Menius, Billy Edd Wheeler, Jim Rooney
As a past Board Member of the Folk Alliance this award meant a lot to me, even more so because it was presented to me by my dear friend Art Menius. Another highlight of the conference for me was a panel called “Wisdom of the Elders” which included old friend Tracy Schwarz (of the New Lost City Ramblers) and his wife Ginny Hawker, and Hall of Fame songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler. My major qualification for the panel was that I recently turned 80 and am now officially an “elder.” The “wisdom” part is debatable.
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After the conference I drove over to Nashville to play a gig with Rooney’s Irregulars at the Station Inn.
Also, with my hosts in Nashville Laura and Jeff White, I went to visit the one and only Mac Wiseman who was celebrating his 93rd (!!) birthday. Mac is as sharp as ever. He was one of the first stars I ever saw when he played on the “Hayloft Jamboree” in Boston back in 1954. I even bought his songbook! Mac is still celebrating his recent induction to the Country Music Hall of Fame. It was a real thrill and an honor to be with him on his birthday.
Mac Wiseman on his 93rd birthday surrounded by Jim Rooney, Jeff and Laura Weber White