Interview with Raymond W. McLain, February 2, 2024
Project: International Stage: McLain Family Band Oral History Project
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In this interview, Raymond McLain talks about the early years of playing music as a family, the house fire of the McLain family home, and the impact on performing when the family moved from Hindman, Kentucky, where the elder McLain was Director of the Hindman Settlement School, to Berea, Kentucky to work for Berea College.Interview Accession
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Berea, KY Hindman, KY Hazard, KY Hazard Television Station Berea College Hindman Settlement School Director of Hindman Settlement School Music performance Music education Family band Eastern Kentucky Day-job Musical performers Musical improv The Goins Brothers (musical group) The Bluegrass State (musical group) Music Improvisational musicInterview Rights
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McLain, Raymond W. Interview by Douglas A. Boyd. 02 Feb. 2024. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
McLain, R.W. (2024, February 02). Interview by D. A. Boyd. International Stage: McLain Family Band Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
McLain, Raymond W., interview by Douglas A. Boyd. February 02, 2024, International Stage: McLain Family Band Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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