The Wheezer says:

10-16-2009

Though a "Kentucky "briar," Red lived in Dayton and I am told worked in a factory. Back in the 70's as a 20 something long-haired "hippiebilli e " I frequented a club there, Sam's Bar & Grill. They played a lot of "Bluegrass & Beyond." Occassionall y Red would stop by and sit in or just sit at the bar with a bottle of Hudepohl. Unlike many of the young bucks playing new grass, Red was a real trasitionali s t in the style of Ralpf Stanley. It was there I fell in love with "roots" music and a few g