@eddiehuff.bsky.social
Author of Doc Watson: A Life in Music, now available from the University of North Carolina Press
More about Barbara Sims:
www.nextavenue.org/barbara-sims...
Come hear more about Doc and my book this weekend at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville.
www.sofestofbooks.org/schedule
Come hear more about Doc and my book this weekend at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville.
www.sofestofbooks.org/schedule
Barbara Sims helped launch Elvis's career in the '50s. Almost 70 years later, she reviewed my Doc Watson biography, published by @uncpress.bsky.social: "Huffman avoids sentimentality, judgments or interpretation. But he leaves the reader with much to ponder."
15.10.2025 19:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
What do Peter Wolf, Pat Benatar, Craig Havighurst, Barry Mazor, and I have in common? We'll all be at the Southern Festival of Books in October! I'll talk about my Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social alongside authors of bios of the Everly Brothers & Doc's friend Chet Atkins.
27.08.2025 16:53 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
A summer day in the High Country? I'll take it! Join me in the Ashe County Public Library at 11 a.m. Wednesday for a presentation about Doc Watson: A Life in Music, my book from @uncpress.bsky.social. Kay & Patrick Crouch will join me to sing a few Doc songs.
arlibrary.org/ashe
Growing up in Alamance County, I never thought it would end up home to a place as cool as @saxapahaw.bsky.social in the 21st century. Unfortunately, the village (home to @hawriverballroom.com, @paperhandpuppet.org, & more) got slammed by floodwaters over the weekend. Please help out if you can.
08.07.2025 19:13 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Rob Ferguson felt called to speak out against the American plummet toward fascism. He added new lyrics to a classic patriotic song with help from Jon Shain & Susan Head, & enlisted DaShawn Hickman & Laurelyn Dossett to sing verses. I helped shoot & edit the video. Please share!
youtu.be/Cwavv2f5RNw
6 p.m. today. Join us online.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
If you're in my neck of the woods (the N.C. Piedmont), please join me at 4 p.m. today at Bookmarks in downtown Winston-Salem or 2 p.m. Saturday at Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro. Details here:
huffmaneddie.com
Doc's coming to cyberspace! Join me 6/24 for an NC Reads virtual book event. Doc Watson: A Life in music, published by @uncpress.bsky.social, was 1 of 5 books selected for this year's program. Register for this free event here:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
NOTE: This event is at Bookmarks, 634 W 4th St 27101. (Sorry for any confusion over the location.)
17.06.2025 14:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Whoops -- I was holding my calendar upside down. My next outing is just 2 days away: 4 p.m. Wed. at Bookmarks in Winston-Salem. An NC Reads event co-sponsored by Bookmarks & MUSE Winston-Salem. Murphy Campbell will join me with songs, clawhammer banjo, & stories about her own Appalachian heritage.
16.06.2025 21:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
My tour for Doc Watson: A Life in Music from @uncpress.bsky.social cranks back up Saturday at the Chatham Community Library in Pittsboro. Riley Baugus, hot on the heels of his induction into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, will join me again for lively music & stories about Doc's life & times.
16.06.2025 19:02 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
In just over a minute, Linda Ronstadt offers a remarkable window into Brian's genius. (Should start at 0:55:52.)
youtu.be/QNBWmiNygww?...
Brian Wilson and Sly Stone gone in the same week. They emerged from different poles of California music with radically varied but profoundly influential styles. And both brought a warmth and humanity to their music and lyrics that resonates strongly six decades later.
youtu.be/uoDm_flnwxc
There aren't enough adjectives to encompass his greatness. Farewell, Sly.
09.06.2025 19:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Laura Jane Vincent hosts a magical little music festival on a historic farm. Happening this weekend in Moore County, about an hour south of Greensboro.
21.05.2025 14:55 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Spotted by a friend in International Musician, the magazine of the American Federation of Musicians. Thanks, Megan!
06.05.2025 16:28 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Well deserved.
05.05.2025 14:51 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
... to welcome in the May-o, for summer is a-comin' in and winter's gone away-o
youtu.be/puvQyCD1_6Q
Doc Watson got his nickname on a WHKY radio broadcast in 1941. I took to the same airwaves 84 years later to talk about my new Doc bio from @uncpress.bsky.social. My segment starts about 14 minutes into the 9 a.m. broadcast of "On Second Thought" on Tuesday, 4/22.
radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WHKY
Next stop, Doc Watson's home county. Please join me at 2 p.m. Saturday for a presentation at Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. I will talk about my book on Doc from @uncpress.bsky.social, & Kay & Patrick Crouch will contribute some Doc songs -- as well as the story of how Kay helped name MerleFest!
16.04.2025 19:25 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The day after Keith Moon died, Blondie played the Knebworth Festival in England. At the end of their set, Clem Burke kicked over his drum kit and said, "This is for Keith Moon, the greatest f***ing drummer that ever lived!"
RIP Clem Burke
I'm bunking in Buncombe County Tuesday night. But first, an appearance at Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville to talk about my new Doc Watson bio from @uncpress.bsky.social. Please join Tim McWilliams and me for some Doc talk and tunes.
06.04.2025 15:16 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Keep them dogs quiet good, boy
I won't be long in the barn
If you get scared and run
You bastard, I'll break your arm, now
Lord, I love poachin' chickens
Yes, I love poachin' chickens
We'll fry 'em finger-lickin'
Some kind o' good
RIP Michael Hurley
Attention people of Asheville and vicinity! My Doc Watson book event at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe has been postponed due to illness. Please join musical guest Tim McWilliams and me at 6 p.m. on the new date: April 8.
01.04.2025 02:14 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
