McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections
Butch Robins Collection
AC 052
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Butch Robins Collection
- ID
- AC 052
- Date
- 1969-2025
- Extent
- 4 Linear feet
- Physical Description
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3 archival boxes of paperwork, 2 archival boxes of CD'DVDs, one archival box of cassette tapes, one archival box of mixing and arrangement notes, one box of vintage posters.
- Location
- Located in locked compact shelving, level 1.
- Language
- English
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Butch Robins Collection, Special Collections, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA.
Biographical/Historical Note
Joseph Calvin "Butch" Robins was born May 12, 1949 in Lebanon, VA. Due to his father, Calvin Robins' work, the family moved around a bit for the next 14 years before resettling in Virginia in 1963. They lived in North Carolina from 1958-1963 and it was during that time that Butch became interested in the banjo. In the latter part of 1962, Calvin found a banjo for sale in a local barber shop and bought it for Butch. The banjo was not in good shape and Calvin had to sew the head together with fishing line and did some other repairs to it, but his $2.00 investment in that banjo served Butch well as it was the start of his lifelong relationship with the banjo.
After taking an interest in the banjo as a teenager, his father Calvin Robins began taking him to meet and play with anyone he could find that knew how to play the instrument, and that included many of the professional touring bands that would come through the area so that Butch could play with and learn from them. One of the first of these players was Homer Israel, who played in a style much like Snuffy Jenkins, who would later become one of Butch's close friends and inspirations. Another early influence and teacher of sorts was Don Reno, who took Butch under his wing and made him think about what he needed to do to be a professional banjo player.
After graduating from high school in 1967, Butch joined Bill Monroe's band, for a short time and played in the first Bean Blossom festival before leaving the band. He rejoined the band once again in 1977 and stayed until 1981.
Butch was drafted into the military in 1969 (1969-1971) and was sent to Columbia SC, and it was there that he met and was befriended by Snuffy Jenkins. While in South Carolina, Butch also met and joined the band of Charlie Moore (1971). He later went to Tennessee and was associated with the Picking Parlor through which he was hired to work with such acts as the jazz player Harry James, toured with rock star Leon Russell (1972), joined the New Grass Revival as a bass player(1973-74), joined Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper's band (1975-77), worked with Jim and Jesse (1977), released the album "40 Years Late (1977), re-joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys (1977-1981), released "Fragments of My Imagnicnation" (1978), released "The Fifth Child" (1980). Also in 1969, Butch entered and won first place in the 1969 Newport Folk Festival, and in Carlton Haney's 1969 Camp Springs Bluegrass Festival.
In the years since he left the Blue Grass Boys in 1981, Butch has been in several bands, including a band he started- The Bluegrass Band (with Eddie Dye, Alan O'Bryant, Blaine Sprouse, and David Sebring), Model Prisoners, and others. He toured USA, Australia, Japan, and Europe, and from that experience he had the idea of forming a band with members from around the world- the World International Blue Grass Band and included Butch Robins (USA), Kazuhiro Inaba (Japan), Sean McKerr (Ireland), Arnold Lasseur (Holland), Hamish Davidson (Australia), Jan Johansson (Sweden). Also, he released the albums: The Bluegrass Band-Once Again From the Top (1990), The Bluegrass Band- Shine Hallelujah Shine (1991), The Bluegrass Band- 2nd Cut (1991), Grounded, Centered, Focused (1995).
In 2003 Butch wrote and published an autobiography- What I know About What I Know. In 2013 he recorded a 5 part video series at Radford University called Butch Robins Presents: Blue Grass Music, its Origin and Development as a Unique and Creative Art Form, which is available on the university library website. Also notable, in 2016 Butch was inducted into the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame in Bean Blossom, Indiana.
Butch Robins has been a regular performer in the New River Valley area of Virginia both as a solo artist, and an ensemble player (many examples of this are part of this collection as DVD or Audio CD) and is a sought after session musician and has many producer credits (a complete discography listing performer and producer credits is in box 1 of this collection).
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of CD/DVDs of live performances of various bands and musical collaborations that Mr. Robins has been a part of over the years, including with artists such as Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, and Leon Russell; recording notes, packaging notes and designs, test mixes, investment offers etc that went into creating the "Once Again From the Top" and the "Shine Hallelujah Shine" recording projects; information about the Grounded, Centered, Focused album including test mixes; information about The World International Blue Grass Band; examples of publications and newspaper articles containing interviews/reviews/news about Mr. Robins; and a small collection of historic advertising posters.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections
McConnell LibraryPO Box 6881
Radford, Virginia
540-831-5692
archives@radford.edu
Restrictions to Access
An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
The documents are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided the proper citation is used (e.g. McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, Radford University, Radford VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of the Radford University, and the copyright holder, is prohibited. Please refer to the McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections website for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
All materials were donated to Radford University Archives and Special Collections by Kenneth Rudolph Farmer II.
Accruals
Further accruals may be coming but there are none scheduled.
Existence and Location of Originals
Archives and Special Collections, McConnell Library
Collection Inventory
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BOX 1. |
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Box 1: Folder 1: Butch Robins Discography. |
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Box 1: Folder 2: Advertising Pamphlets- General Pamphlet listing recordings and graphics; Pamphlets advertising Blue Grass Music, its Origin and Development as a Unique and Creative Art Form; Pamphlet advertising a live presentation of Blue Grass Music, a distinct American Art Form Which Manifested as a Direct Result of the Career of Bill Monroe. |
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Box 1: Folder 3: Newspaper Articles- 1965-1999. |
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Box 1: Folder 4: Newspaper Articles- 2005-2020. |
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Box 1: Folder 5: Grounded, Centered, Focused- Song Arrangement Notes. |
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Box 1: Folder 6: Grounded, Centered, Focused- Album Concepts and Notes. |
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Box 1: Folder 7: Grounded, Centered, Focused- Payment for Bil Monroe. |
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Box 1: Folder 8: Grounded, Centered, Focused- Packaging and Design. |
Box 1: Folder 9: Grounded, Centered, Focused- Recording Notes. |
Box 1: Folder 10: Grounded, Centered, Focused- Butch Robins Photo |
Box 1: Folder 11: What I Know About What I Know- Reviews |
Box 1: Folder 12: Sleigh Ride- Sheet Music, and Arrangement Notes. |
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Box 1: Folder 13: World International Blue Grass Band- Press Packet and Website. |
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Box 1: Folder 14: World International Blue Grass Band- Rockwood Manor (debut) Ticket and Program. |
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Box 1: Folder 15: World International Blue Grass Band-Advertising. |
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Box 1: Folder 16: World International Blue Grass Band- Photos of the Band in Japan. |
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Box 1: Folder 17: Photographs and Ephemera- Photo Disc of World International Blue Grass Band photos; Postcard of Monroe,Robins, and Wayne Lewis; Photo of Butch Robins with banjo; Bookmark inviting people to visit his suite at the IBMA convention; Advertisement for a Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys concert autographed by Bill Monroe; Newspaper clipping advertising a Bluegrass Festival June 30, 1979; Advertisement for Bluegrass 77; Photograph of Butch Robins holding his Blue Grass Boy belt buckle; Photograph of Butch Robins during recording of the video series Blue Grass Music, its Origin and Development as a Unique and Creative Art Form; Photograph of Butch Robins and Bill Monroe on stage autographed by Bill Monroe; Photograph of Butch Robins, Bill Monroe, and Wayne Lewis on stage at the Grand Ole Opry July 6, 1979; Postcard of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys on stage at the Bean Blossom festival; Photograph of Butch Robins playing in a band on stage; Print of the Banjo All Stars trading card featuring Butch Robins; Butch Robins autograph. |
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Box 1: Folder 18: Photographs from James Monroe- Handwritten note from James Monroe; Butch Robins and James Monroe on stage May 30, 1980; Butch Robins at age 13-14; Calvin Robins and Bill Monroe. |
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Box 1: Folder 19: Cassette Tapes- Bluegrass Today Radio Show by Doug Hutchens- Shows 93 and 94 featuring Butch Robins as a guest . |
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Box 1: Folder 20: Induction into the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame material- Festival schedule for Sept 21-24, 2016; Fancy festival schedule for Sept 21-24, 2016 autographed by Butch Robins; Photograph of the Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame logo; Print of the Plaque and what is written on it. |
Box 1: Folder 21: A brief collection of examples of events Butch Robins has appeared at both Nationally and Internationally. |
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Box 1: Folder 22: Record Reviews of Butch Robins' recordings. |
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BOX 2. Publications |
Box 2: Folder 1: Breakdown. Vol 2, No. 2, 1977. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 2: Banjo Newsletter. Vol 5, No 4, February 1978. |
Box 2: Folder 3: Banjo Newsletter. Vol 5, No. 5, March 1978. |
Box 2: Folder 4: Bluegrass Unlimited. Vol 13, No.11, May 1979. |
Box 2: Folder 5: Banjo Newsletter. Vol 8, No. 7, May 1981. |
Box 2: Folder 6: Frets. Vol 3, No. 6, June 1981. |
Box 2: Folder 7: Frets. Vol 4, No. 12, December 1982. |
Box 2: Folder 8: Bluegrass Unlimited. Vol 25, No. 8, February 1981. |
Box 2: Folder 9: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 10- 8, 1993. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 10: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 10- 11, 1993. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 11: Banjo Newsletter. Vol 24, No.2, December 1996. |
Box 2: Folder 12: Acoustica Magazine. Vol 1, No. 8, September 2002. |
Box 2: Folder 13: Trad & Now. Vol 14, No.2, February 2015. (Australian Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 14: Banjo Newsletter. Vol 30, No.12, October 2003. |
Box 2: Folder 15: Banjo Newsletter. Vol 31, No.1, November 2003. |
Box 2: Folder 16: Banjo Newsletter. Vol 43, No. 6, April 2016. |
Box 2: Folder 17: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 40-10, August 2023. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 18: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 40-11, September 2023. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 19: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 40-12, October 2023. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 20: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-01, November 2023. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 21: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-02, December 2023. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 22: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-03, January 2024. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 23: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-04, February 2024. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 24: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-05, March 2024. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 25: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-06, April 2024. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 26: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-07, May 2024. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 27: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-11, September 2024. (Japanese Journal.) |
Box 2: Folder 28: Moonshiner Bluegrass Journal. Vol 41-12, October 2024. (Japanese Journal.) |
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BOX 3.CD/DVD |
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Box 3: Audio CD- Butch Robins' entry into the 1969 Bean Blossom Banjo Contest. Recorded by Ken Landreth. |
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Box 3: Audio CD- Audio CD- A set by the Country Gentlemen, and a set by Charlie Moore and The Dixie Partners (includes Butch Robins). Renfro Valley, KY. 1972. |
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Box 3: Audio CD- The History of the American Revolution (LP Album) (Butch Robins on banjo). This is a CD copy of the album and the original is in Box 7. |
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Box 3:Audio CD- Wilma Lee Cooper w/Tex Logan and Butch Robins. Berkshire Mountain Festival. 1977. |
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Box 3:Audio CD- Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys. Ames, Iowa October 13, 1979 (2 CDs, one unedited, one with songs only). |
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Box 3:DVD- Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys. The White House, 1980. Introduced by President Jimmy Carter. |
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Box 3:Audio CD- Bill Monroe The Blue Grass Boy- Soft Rock Cafe, Vancouver BC. Nov 3, 1980 (3 discs- sets 1, 2, and unlabeled). |
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Box 3: DVD- Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys- Austin City Limits, 1981, 1986. |
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Box 3:Audio CD- Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys. Hendersonville N.C. 1981. |
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Box 3: DVD- Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys. Bean Blossom, IN. 1981 (2 Discs, sets 1 and 2). |
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Box 3: DVD- Tennessee Banjo Institute Fiddle Tune Banjo Workshop- Butch Robins, Courtney Johnson, Bob Black. 1992. |
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Box 3: DVD- Tennessee Banjo Institute Presentation hosted by Bill Keith and including Butch Robins, Curtis McPeake, Don Stover, and Joe Drumright. 1992. |
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Box 3:DVD- Banjo Workshop by Butch Robins. New River Community College, Pulaski County Virginia. April 6, 1992. |
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Box 3: Audio CD- WSM Interview of Butch Robins by Eddie Stubbs. October, 2003. |
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Box 3: DVD- Butch Robins in Japan. 1994 (2 DVDs). |
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Box 3: DVD- Banjo Workshop by Butch Robins. New River Community College, Pulaski County,Virginia. 1995 (2 DVDs). |
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Box 3: DVD- Butch Robins shown on a local newscast in South Carolina. 2002. |
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Box 3: Audio CD- The Jackson Gang Live on 98.9 WANT Radio- Fiddler's Grove Bluegrass Show. Dec 1, 2002. Band consists of Sam Jackson, Butch Robins, Keith Tew, Randy Holland, Carl Franklin, and Carl Caldwell. |
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Box 3: Audio CD- The Jackson Gang at the Station Inn, Nashville TN. Band consists of Sam Jackson, Butch Robins, Keith Tew, Randy Holland, Carl Franklin, and Carl Caldwell. |
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Box 3: DVD- Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy. Earl Scruggs Jam- Larry McNeely, Doug Dillard, Bill Keith, Butch Robins. 2004. |
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Box 3: DVD-Crossing the Cumberlands Episode 243 featuring the Cumberland Highlanders (Wayne Lewis, Tater Tate, Billy Rose, Stacy York, Joe Isaacs, Butch Robins and others). 2004. |
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Box 3: DVD- World International Blue Grass Band- Rockwood Manor, Dublin VA. Sept 26, 2007 (Band debut show. Butch Robins (USA), Kazuhiro Inaba (Japan), Sean McKerr (Ireland), Arnold Lasseur (Holland), Hamish Davidson (Australia), Jan Johansson (Sweden). (1 copy has extra material before and after the concert, the other is just the concert.) |
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Box 3: DVD- World International Blue Grass Band- Richlands VA. Sept 30, 2007 (Butch Robins (USA), Kazuhiro Inaba (Japan), Sean McKerr (Ireland), Arnold Lasseur (Holland), Hamish Davidson (Australia), Jan Johansson (Sweden). (2 copies) |
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Box 3: DVD- Song of the Mountains. Lincoln Theatre. Oct 6, 2007. (3 copies- Copy 1 recorded by an audience member, copy 2 from the program cameras, copy 3 just the WIBGB). |
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Box 3: DVD- World International Blue Grass Band- IBMA, Nashville, TN. 2007 (Butch Robins (USA), Kazuhiro Inaba (Japan), Sean McKerr (Ireland), Arnold Lasseur (Holland), Hamish Davidson (Australia), Jan Johansson (Sweden). |
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Box 3: DVD- World International Blue Grass Band- TBMA, Nashville, TN, 2007. Monroe Style Jam. (Butch Robins (USA), Kazuhiro Inaba (Japan), Sean McKerr (Ireland), Arnold Lasseur (Holland), Hamish Davidson (Australia), Jan Johansson (Sweden). |
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Box 3: DVD- Kazuhiro Inabo Showcase- IBMA Nashville, TN 2007. |
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Box 3: Audio CD- Jammin' for Haiti- Floyd Country Store, Floyd VA. March 7, 2010 (whole show- 2 CDs). |
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Box 3: Audio CD- Jammin' for Haiti- Floyd Country Store, Floyd VA. March 7, 2010. Audio of Butch Robins' set. |
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Box 3: DVD- Jammin' for Haiti- Floyd Country Store, Floyd VA. March 7, 2010. Video of Butch Robins' set. |
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Box 3: Audio CD- Jammin' for Haiti- Floyd Country Store, Floyd VA. March 7, 2010. Audio of Grand Finale Jam. |
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Box 3: DVD- Jammin' for Haiti- Floyd Country Store, Floyd VA. March 7, 2010. Video of Grand Finale Jam. |
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Box 3: DVD- Butch Robins Imagicnation- Floyd Fandango. July 3, 2010. (2 copies). |
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Box 3: Audio CD- Butch Robins and Scott Freeman- Live & Unrehearsed. undated. |
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Box 3: DVD- Butch Robins, Willard Gayheart, and Scott Freeman. Oct 2010. |
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Box 3: DVD- Butch Robins Imagicnation. Floyd Fandango, July 2011. |
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Box 3: DVD- Banjo Jubilee- Boone NC. Oct 15, 2011. Participants included: Butch Robins, Steve Lewis, Edwin Lacy, Josh Scott and host Joe Shannon. |
BOX 4. CD/DVD |
Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins at Bean Blossom- Bean Blossom IN. 2011. (3 DVDs) |
Box 4: DVD-Tex Logan's Birthday Bash- May 1, 2012. 4 Dvds. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Leon Russell at Music City Roots- Nashville, TN. Jan 9, 2013. Band includes: Leon Russell, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Pat Flynn, Danny Mohammed, Troy Engle, Jason Mowry, Brandon Holder, Jackie Wessel, Sugaree Noel Russel, and Jim Lauderdale (MC). |
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Box 4: DVD- Leon Russell at Music City Roots- Nashville, TN. Jan 9, 2013. Band includes: Leon Russell, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Pat Flynn, Danny Mohammed, Troy Engle, Jason Mowry, Brandon Holder, Jackie Wessel, Sugaree Noel Russel, and Jim Lauderdale (MC). |
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Box 4: DVD- Leon Russell at Bluegrass Underground- McMinnville, TN. March 9, 2013. |
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Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins House Concert- Dublin, VA. Oct 26, 2013. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn VA. Nov 1, 2013. (3 CDs) |
Box 4: Audio CD/DVD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Nov 22, 2013. (3 CDs, 1 DVD) |
Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins Presents- Blue Grass Music, Its Origin and Development as a Unique and Creative Art Form. Radford University Production- 2013. (5 DVDs) |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins, Willard Gayheart, and Edwin Lacy at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. March 21, 2014. |
Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins, Willard Gayheart, and Edwin Lacy at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. March 21, 2014. |
Box 4: Audio CD- Kaz Inaba & Friends at the Wayne Henderson Festival- Mouth of Wilson,VA. June 21, 2014. |
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Box 4: DVD- Kaz Inaba & Friends at the Wayne Henderson Festival- Mouth of Wilson,VA. June 21, 2014. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- "Tim White Show". Butch Robins as guest. Aug 7, 2014. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- "Afternoon Bluegrass" (Radio show by Tim White). Butch Robins as guest. Aug 26, 2014. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- The Model Prisoners- WSM Radio. Butch Robins, Robert Bowlin, Dale Reno & Scott Shipley, John Pennell, and Curtis Burch. Dec 10, 2014 (Whole Show.) |
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Box 4: Ausio CD- The Model Prisoners- WSM Radio. Butch Robins, Robert Bowlin, Dale Reno & Scott Shipley, John Pennell, and Curtis Burch. Dec 10, 2014 (Edited Show.) |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Nov 7, 2014 (2 CDs- unedited). |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Nov 7, 2014. (2 CDs- edited). |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Jan 16, 2015. (4 CDs) |
Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Butch Barker, Edwin Lacy, Willard Gayheart. March 27, 2015. |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Butch Barker, Edwin Lacy, Willard Gayheart. March 27, 2015. (2 CDs) |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at Dogtown Roadhouse- Floyd, VA. June 20, 2015. (2 CDs) |
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Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins at Dogtown Roadhouse- Floyd, VA. June 20, 2015. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Edwin Lacy, Willard Gayheart. Nov 6, 2015 (2 CDs). |
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Box 4: DVD- The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Edwin Lacy, Willard Gayheart. Nov 6, 2015 (2 DVDs). |
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Box 4: DVD- Bobby Hicks' Jam. Dec 10, 2015. |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Scott Freeman, Tony Testerman, Willard Gayheart. Mar 11, 2016. Unedited. |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Scott Freeman, Tony Testerman, Willard Gayheart. Mar 11, 2016. Edited to be music only. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Edwin Lacy, Willard Gayheart. July 15, 2016. (2 CDs) |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Radio Interview- Butch Robins Interviewed by Andrew Chaney. July 17, 2016. |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins and Friends at Joanne's. July 31, 2016. (6 CDs). |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Scott Freeman, Willard Gayheart. Feb 24, 2017. (2 CDs) |
Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Edwin Lacy, Willard Gayheart. Aug 25, 2017. |
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Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins and Friends at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Sept 22, 2017. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Dec 1, 2017. |
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Box 4: DVD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Scott Freeman, Willard Gayheart. Nov 7, 2014. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Fiddle & The Plow- Woodlawn, VA. Butch Robins, Scott Freeman, Willard Gayheart. Nov 7, 2014. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins at The Floyd Country Store- Floyd, VA. Butch Robins and Sam Kephart. Nov 15, 2014. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins with Pappy Sherrill. |
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Box 4: Audio CD- Butch Robins with Tut Taylor. |
Box 4: Audio CD- 40 Years Late Audio. |
Box 4: DVD- Televised Snuffy Jenkins Tribute; one song by Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys. |
Box 4: Audio CD- WSM interview of Bill Monroe at Bean Blossom. |
BOX 5. Robins-Hay Music Project |
Box 5: Folder 1: Robins-Hay Music Project- several versions of shareholders offer and project plans- including faxes, handwritten notes, and communications with a associated parties. |
Box 5: Folder 2: Song Arrangenent Notes for "Once Again From the Top" - Lists of potential songs; Song Lyrics; Instrument ideas; Notes concerning arrangements. |
Box 5: Folder 3: Shine Hallelujah Shine- Spiral Bound notebook with daily entries that include recording notes, daily happenings, and pertinent thoughts. |
Box 5: Folder 4: Shine Hallelujah Shine- Song lists, song keys, beats per minute and associated information. |
Box 5: Folder 5: Session Logs from Big Mo Recording Studio in Kensington, MD. |
Box 5: Folder 6: The Blue Grass Band- photos and correspondence concerning scheduling. |
Box 5: Folder 7: Notes About Product Packaging- Once Again From the Top- Notes about liner notes; Faxes to/from Butch Robins, Kerry Hay, Rebecca Hay Pittard; Examples and samples of final packaging; Shine Hallelujah Shine packaging examples. |
Box 5: Folder 8: Expense Accounting for Once Again From the Top. |
Box 5: Folder 9: Artwork for Once Again From the Top- Communications between Butch Robins and Rebecca Pittard about finalizing artwork. |
Box 5: Folder 10: Radio Advertising- Communications between Butch Robins, Kerry Hay, Doug Fuller (Full Moon Productions), etc concerning radio advertising. |
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Box 5: Folder 11: Television Advertising- Communications between Butch Robins, Kerry Hay, Doug Fuller (Full Moon Productions), etc concerning television advertising. |
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Box 5: Folder 12: Order Forms- Preliminary and final designs for "Once Again From the Top" order forms. |
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Box 5: Folder 13: Rounder Records- Deal proposal from Robins-Hay to Rounder Records. |
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Box 5: Folder 14: Project Advertising- Bluegrass Unlimited. |
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Box 5: Folder 15: The Blue Grass Band- Concert inquiries. |
BOX 6. Shine Hallelujah Shine |
Box 6:Mixing and arrangement notes. |
BOX 7: Album Preliminary Mixes |
Box 7: Cassette Tape- Preliminary mixes of Once Again From the Top. 2 cassettes. |
Box 7: Cassette Tape- Preliminary mixes of Shine Hallelujah Shine. 12 cassettes. |
Box 7: Cassette Tape- Preliminary mixes of Grounded, Centered, Focused. 6 cassettes. |
Box 7: Cassette Tape- Preliminary mix of Sleigh Ride (with Kathy Chiavola). 1 cassette. |
Box 7: Cassette Tape- Mix of Another Saturday Night. 1 cassette. |
BOX 8: Vintage Advertising Posters |
Box 8: Publicity Poster- Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys. 32.5x31cm. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster- Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Berkeley, Garfield Jr. High School Auditorium, Dec 11. 28x44cm. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster- Buckeye Lake Park. June 15- Geezinslaw Brothers, June 22-George Morgan, June 28-29- Bluegrass Festival, July 4- The Kitty Wells Show, July 6-Hank Williams Jr. 35.5x56cm. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster- Armory, Welch WV. Don Reno & Red Smilry and the Tennessee Cut-Ups. July 24. 35.5x56cm. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster- Benson High School Auditorium, Seattle WA. Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys. Nov 3. 35.5x50.5cm. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster- Old South Blue Grass Festival, Walker LA. No bands or dates listed. 35x55.5cm. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster (hand done) Coming to Holstein's. The Bluegrass Band (Ed Dye, Blaine Sprouse, Butch Robins, Alan O'Bryant, David Sebring). Oct 5. 35.5x56cm. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster- Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys in Concert. TrueBlood Auditoriym, Ann Arbor MI. March 25. |
Box 8: Advertising Poster- Butch Robins, Grounded Centered Focused. Japan. 51x73cm. |
Box 8:Publicity Poster- World International Blue Grass Band. 27x42cm. |
Box 8: Record Album- The History of the American Revolution. 1972 (Butch Robins plays banjo on it). CD copy also. |
Box 8: Photograph- Tennessee Banjo Institute group photo. Nov 1-3, 1990. 20x112cm. |
Box 8: Photograph- Tennessee Banjo Institute group photo. Nov 5-7, 1992. 20x127 cm. |