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Etta Baker was a close friend for over 35 years. She was truly a great person, warm and caring, yet tough and resilient. A natural musician she played the beautiful piedmont blues style guitar learned from her father and grandfather. Etta didn't know the names of the chords but she had a keen musical ear attuned to an older time. There are few people whose style I try to learn note for note but Etta was the exception. Trying to capture that subtle sweetness in her playing will be a lifelong endeavor.

I was asked to be on Hee Haw after my appearance on the Grand Ole Opry in 1980. At first producer Sam Lovullo hired me as an occasional guest. Around 1984 I became a “regular guest” and my job was to open the second half of the show with a rousing old-time song the entire cast could sing as well as be part of the four banjo players and four harmonica players segments. I loved being on the show and working with some of my heroes.

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