Interview with Carlton Haney

Partial Transcript: You did that one with uh, Albert--

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about some of the songs he’s written, and performs of a recitation of the lyrics to "To See an Angel Sigh." He also tells an anecdote about how Conway Twitty got his show name.

Keywords: African Americans; Bands (Music); Bluegrass Country Soul (Motion picture); Buck White & The Down Home Folks (Artist); Buck White Family (Artist); Chick And His Hot Rods with Reno And Smiley (Artist); Conway (Arkansas); Girlfriends; Harold “Conway Twitty” Jenkins (Artist); Jenkins, Harold “Conway Twitty” (Artist); Jimmy Caught the Dickens (Pushing Ernest in the Tub) (Song); Music--Anecdotes; Papa, Sing me a Song (Song); Ralph Stanley (Artist); Ricky Skaggs (Artist); Skaggs, Ricky (Artist); Songwriting; Stanley, Ralph (Artist); Texas; To See an Angel Cry (Song); Wives

Subjects: African Americans; Arkansas; Bands (Music); Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Buck White Family (Musical group); Jenkins, Harold; Motion pictures; Music--Anecdotes; Music--History and criticism.; Skaggs, Ricky.; Stanley, Ralph; Texas; Twitty, Conway; Wives

Partial Transcript: How did you get the name Carlton?

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about his mother, who had three babies in a two-year span. He also talks about what his father did for a living. Haney also talks about the unique ability to listen for the notes that are not being played that has enabled him to successfully record music. Haney also tells an anecdote about the discovery of Willie Nelson.

Keywords: American Tobacco Company; Atkins, Bobby (Artist); Babies; Bill Monroe (Artist); Bobby Atkins (Artist); Charles Haney; Children; Columbus Stockade Blues (Song); Danville (Va.); Don Reno (Artist); Fathers; Haney, Charles; Houses and homes; Liberty Records; Monroe, Bill (Artist); Mothers; Music--Anecdotes; Music.; Musical abilities in children; National Barn Dance, the (Radio program); Nelson, Willie (Artist); Noble Ray Price (Artist); Price, Noble Ray (Artist); Price, Ray (Artist); Radio programs; Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys (Artist); Ray Price (Artist); Reidsville (N.C.); Reno, Don (Artist); Rice, Tony (Artist); Roanoke (Va.); Siblings; Sisters; The National Barn Dance (Radio program); Tony Rice (Artist); Willie Nelson (Artist)

Subjects: American Tobacco Company; Atkins, Bobby; Babies; Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Cherokee Cowboys (Musical group); Children; Danville (Va.); Fathers; Houses and homes; Liberty Records; Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Mothers; Music; Music--Anecdotes; Music--History and criticism.; Musical abilities in children; Nelson, Willie, 1933-; Price, Ray; Price, Ray, 1926-2013; Radio programs; Reidsville (N.C.); Reno, Don; Roanoke (Va.); Siblings; Sisters

Partial Transcript: There was another one running around there, and see, Clyde Moody lived in Danville, Virginia.

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about meeting Bill Monroe’s daughter, Melissa Monroe, at a Clyde Moody performance in 1953. He then talks about how this chance meeting gave Bluegrass music its name. Haney also discusses how his unique leadership skills led him to become the assistant manager of an automobile battery manufacturing plant at a young age. He then talks about how his relationship with Bill Monroe’s daughter resulted in a job in the music business. Haney then talks about working for Bill Monroe.

Keywords: Assistant managers; Banjo players; Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys (Artist); Booking; Car accidents; Charles Stores (Department store); Clothing consultants; Clyde Moody (Artist); David, Hubert (Artist); Decca Records; Department of Recreation; Friday Night Frolic (Radio program); Girls; Grand Ole Opry (Radio programs); Hospitals; Hubert David (Artist); J.C. Penny’s (Department store); Jobs; Melissa Monroe; Monroe, Melissa; Moody, Clyde (Artist); Nashville (Tenn.); Occupations; Ohio; Panhandle Country (Song); Radio stations; Reidsville (Tenn.); Roanoke (Song); Roanoke (Va.); Television; The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake (Song); WSM (Radio station); Wheel Hoss (Song); Women

Subjects: Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Booking; David, Hubert W.; Decca Records (Firm); Girls; Grand Ole Opry (Radio programs); Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Monroe, Melissa; Moody, Clyde, 1915-1989; Music--History and criticism.; Nashville (Tenn.); Occupations; Ohio; Radio stations; Television; WSM (Radio station : Nashville, Tenn.); Women

Partial Transcript: And, uh, Allen Shelton, banjo player, was playing down at Raleigh with that guy that had the radio show down there.

Segment Synopsis: Haney discusses the expansion of his career as a booking agent for various musicians, such as Mac Wiseman and Don Reno.

Keywords: Allen Shelton (Artist); Arnold Harry (Artist); Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley (Artist); Asheville (N.C.); Assault and battery; Bessie Lee Mauldin (Artist); Bill Monroe (Artist); Booking; Don Reno (Artist); Earl Scruggs (Artist); Farm Hand Bluegrass Quartet (Artist); Farm Hands, the (Artist); Fighting; Harry, Arnold (Artist); Mac Wiseman (Artist); Mauldin, Bessie Lee (Artist); Monroe, Bill (Artist); National Barn Dance, the (Radio program); Radio programs; Reidsville (N.C.); Reno, Don (Artist); Richmond (Va.); Roy Russell (Artist); Russell, Roy (Artist); Scruggs, Earl (Artist); Shelton, Allen (Artist); Smiley, Arthur Lee "Red" (Artist); The Farm Hands (Artist); The National Barn Dance (Radio program); Wiseman, Mac (Artist)

Subjects: Asheville (N.C.); Assault and battery.; Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Booking; Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet; Mauldin, Bessie Lee; Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Music--History and criticism.; Radio programs; Reidsville (N.C.); Reno, Don; Richmond (Va.); Russell, Roy; Scruggs, Earl.; Shelton, Allen; Smiley, Red, 1925-1972; Wiseman, Mac

Partial Transcript: Now, one of these summers you went up and ran Bean Blossom.

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about being a booking agent for the Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Music Festival, also known as the Brown County Jamboree.

Keywords: Bands (Music); Bean Blossom (Ind.); Beanblossom (Ind.); Bill Monroe (Artist); Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Music Festival; Birch Monroe (Artist); Bluegrass music; Booking; Brown County Jamboree; Courting; Hedrick, Marvin; Jimmy Martin (Artist); Jones, Louis Marshall “Grandpa Jones” (Artist); Louis Marshall “Grandpa Jones” (Artist); Martin, Jimmy (Artist); Marvin Hedrick; Melissa Monroe; Monroe, Bill (Artist); Monroe, Birch (Artist); Monroe, Melissa; Music festivals; North Carolina; Tires

Subjects: Bands (Music); Bean Blossom (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Bluegrass music--1951-1960.; Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Booking; Brown County Jamboree; Jones, Grandpa, 1913-1998; Martin, Jimmy; Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Monroe, Birch, 1901-1982; Monroe, Melissa; Music festivals; Music--History and criticism.; North Carolina; Tires

Partial Transcript: Were you going with Melissa all this time?

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about his marriage to his first wife, Kathleen, who became pregnant while they were courting. He then discusses the extramarital relationship that inspired Conway Twitty’s number one hit, "To See an Angel Cry." Haney also talks about the special bond shared between himself and Conway Twitty over his song, "Hello Darlin’."

Keywords: Bonnie Haney; Haney, Bonnie; Haney, Kathleen; Harold “Conway Twitty” Jenkins (Artist); Hello Darlin’ (Song); Hymns; Jenkins, Harold “Conway Twitty” (Artist); Jimmy Caught the Dickens (Pushing Ernest in the Tub) (Song); Judd, Naomi (Artist); Kathleen Haney; Ma Collins; Marriage; Melissa Monroe; Monroe, Melissa; Naomi Judd (Artist); Pregnancy; Produce stands; Roanoke (Va.); Songwriting; To See An Angel Cry (Song); Watches; Wives

Subjects: Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Hymns; Jenkins, Harold; Judd, Naomi; Marriage; Music--History and criticism.; Pregnancy; Produce trade.; Roanoke (Va.); Twitty, Conway; Wives

Partial Transcript: Bluegrass festivals. We're at the Bluegrass festival at Vance Mountain, North Carolina and this wouldn't exist...

Segment Synopsis: Haney discusses developing the first festival of Bluegrass music in Roanoke (Va.) in 1962. The festival was ultimately cancelled due to a record-breaking snowfall. He then talks about partnering with John Miller to organize subsequent Bluegrass music festivals.

Keywords: Alan Mills (Artist); Armories; Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley; Berryville (Va.); Bill Monroe (Artist); Bluegrass festivals; Clyde Moody (Artist); Danville (N.C.); Don Reno (Artist); Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Harold “Conway Twitty” Jenkins (Artist); Jenkins, Harold “Conway Twitty” (Artist); John U. Miller; Lynchburg (Va.); Mac Wiseman (Artist); Miller, John U.; Mills, Alan (Artist); Monroe, Bill (Artist); Moody, Clyde (Artist); Music festivals; National Barn Dance, the (Radio program); Noble Ray Price (Artist); Porter Wagoner (Artist); Price, Noble Ray (Artist); Radio programs; Reidsville (N.C.); Reno and Smiley (Artist); Reno, Don (Artist); Richmond (Va.); Roanoke (Va.); Smiley, Arthur Lee “Red”; Snow; The National Barn Dance (Radio program); Vance Mountain (N.C.); Wagoner, Porter (Artist); Watermelon Park Festival; Wiseman, Mac (Artist)

Subjects: Armories; Berryville (Va.); Bluegrass festivals; Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Danville (N.C.); Grand Ole Opry (Radio program); Jenkins, Harold; Lynchburg (Va.); Mills, Alan; Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Moody, Clyde, 1915-1989; Music festivals; Music--History and criticism.; National Barn Dance (Radio program); Price, Ray; Radio programs; Reidsville (N.C.); Reno, Don; Richmond (Va.); Roanoke (Va.); Smiley, Red, 1925-1972; Snow; Twitty, Conway; Wagoner, Porter; Wiseman, Mac

Partial Transcript: Sent her, they all sent went and sung Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

Segment Synopsis: Haney also discusses the discovery of singer Dolly Parton, and talks about his work with country music legend Merle Haggard. He then talks about his work with bands such as Reno and Smiley and The Osborne Brothers.

Keywords: Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley; Arthur Smith (Artist); Dolly Parton (Artist); Don Reno (Artist); Haggard Like Never Before (Album); Haggard, Merle (Artist); Harold “Conway Twitty” Jenkins (Artist); Hunter, Shirley (Artist); Jenkins, Harold “Conway Twitty” (Artist); Knoxville (Tenn.); Merle Haggard (Artist); Merle Haggard and The Strangers (Artist); Nashville (Tenn.); Noble Ray Price (Artist); Okie from Muskogee (Album); Osborne Brothers, the (Artist); Parton, Dolly (Artist); Price, Noble Ray (Artist); Reno Blues (Philadelphia Lawyer) (Song); Reno and Smiley (Artist); Reno, Don (Artist); Ritter, Woodard Maurice “Tex” (Artist); Shirley Hunter (Artist); Smiley, Arthur Lee “Red”; Smith, Arthur (Artist); Television; The Osborne Brothers (Artist); Woodard Maurice “Tex” Ritter (Artist)

Subjects: Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Haggard, Merle; Hunter, Shirley; Jenkins, Harold; Knoxville (Tenn.); Music--History and criticism.; Nashville (Tenn.); Osborne Brothers; Parton, Dolly.; Price, Ray; Reno, Don; Ritter, Tex; Smiley, Red, 1925-1972; Smith, Arthur; Television; Twitty, Conway

Partial Transcript: Did you visit Newport, Rhode Island?

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about his experience in the early 1960s at the Newport Folk Festival, an event which allowed him to introduce then-President John F. Kennedy. He also talks about the influence jazz great Thelonious Monk had on the music of Bill Monroe.

Keywords: Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley; Bill Monroe (Artist); Clyde Moody (Artist); Don Reno (Artist); John F. Kennedy; Kennedy, John F.; Monk, Thelonious Sphere (Artist); Monroe, Bill (Artist); Moody, Clyde (Artist); Music festivals; Newport (R.I.); Newport Folk Festival; Presidents; Raleigh (N.C.); Ralph Wentzler; Reno and Smiley (Artist); Reno, Don (Artist); Rocky Mount (N.C.); Smiley, Arthur Lee “Red”; Thelonious Sphere Monk (Artist); Wentzler, Ralph

Subjects: Bluegrass music--1961-1970.; Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Kennedy, John F.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Monk, Thelonious.; Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Moody, Clyde, 1915-1989; Music festivals; Music--History and criticism.; Newport (R.I.); Newport folk festival; Presidents; Raleigh (N.C.); Reno, Don; Rocky Mount (N.C.); Smiley, Red, 1925-1972

Partial Transcript: But, you see, nobody's studied music. Where'd it come from?

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about his hypothesis for explaining the origin of Bluegrass music, which he feels has a relationship with the frequency of the universe.

Keywords: Banjos; Bill Monroe (Artist); Calendars; Frequencies; Guitars; Mandolins; Mathematicians; Monroe, Bill (Artist); Months; Music; Musical scales; Origins; Pythagoras the Samian; Universe

Subjects: Banjo; Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Calendars; Frequency; Guitar; Mandolin; Mathematicians; Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Months.; Music; Music--History and criticism.; Pythagoras.; Universe

Partial Transcript: Something that we do know about, that you created, was the Country Shindig.

Segment Synopsis: Haney talks about the development of one of the first country package shows, Carlton’s Country Shindig. He also talks about the various artists with whom he worked that came from a variety of genres, such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino. He then recites his song, "Wild Mountain Rose."

Keywords: Antoine “Fats” Domino Jr. (Artist); Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley; Bill Monroe (Artist); Carlton's Country Shindig; Charles Haney; Charley Frank Pride (Artist); Charlotte (N.C.); Clyde Moody (Artist); Columbus Stockade Blues (Song); Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum; Country package shows; Deason, Ellen Muriel “Kitty Wells” (Artist); Domino, Antoine “Fats” Jr. (Artist); Don Reno (Artist); Ellen Muriel “Kitty Wells” Deason (Artist); Ernest Tubb (Artist); Franklin Delano “Del” Reeves (Artist); George Jones (Artist); Greene, Jack (Artist); Haggard, Merle (Artist); Haney, Charles; Harold “Conway Twitty” Jenkins (Artist); Hello Darlin’ (Song); Jack Greene (Artist); Jackson (Miss.); Jenkins, Harold “Conway Twitty” (Artist); Jennings, Waylon Arnold (Artist); Jerry Lee Lewis (Artist); Jones, George (Artist); Lewis, Jerry Lee (Artist); Loretta Lynn (Artist); Louisville (Ky.); Lynn, Loretta (Artist); Memphis (Tenn.); Merle Haggard (Artist); Monroe, Bill (Artist); Moody, Clyde (Artist); Nelson, Willie (Artist); Oklahoma; Osbor

Subjects: Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Charlotte (N.C.); Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.); Domino, Fats, 1928-; Greene, Jack; Haggard, Merle; Jackson (Miss.); Jenkins, Harold; Jennings, Waylon.; Jones, George; Jones, George, 1931-2013.; Lewis, Jerry Lee; Louisville (Ky.); Lynn, Loretta; Memphis (Tenn.); Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Moody, Clyde, 1915-1989; Music--History and criticism.; Nelson, Willie, 1933-; Oklahoma; Osbourne Brothers; Philadelphia (Pa.); Pride, Charley; Reeves, Del; Reno, Don; Richmond (Va.); Rutter, Tex; Smiley, Red, 1925-1972; Tubb, Ernest, 1914-1984; Twitty, Conway; Wells, Kitty.; Wilburn Brothers; Williams, Hank, Jr., 1949-

Partial Transcript: Do you remember where you and I met?

Segment Synopsis: Haney discusses how he met the interviewer at a concert in Berryville (Va.). He then gives his predictions for the future of Bluegrass music. Haney also talks about his relationship with the mother of some of his children. Haney also talks about his legacy, which includes the discovery of The Statler Brothers.

Keywords: Alabama (Artist); Arthur Lee “Red” Smiley (Artist); Berryville (Va.); Bill Monroe (Artist); Bluegrass Markets; Bluegrass festivals; Bluegrass music; Casey, June; Cash, Johnny (Artist); Caswell County (N.C.); Daughters; Dolly Parton (Artist); Don Reno (Artist); Don’t Touch Me (Song); Future; Haggard, Merle (Artist); Hall, Tom T. (Artist); Hunter, Shirley (Artist); Jenkins, Harold “Conway Twitty” (Artist); Johnny Cash (Artist); June Casey; Mandolin music; Marilyn Jeanne “Jeannie” Seely (Artist); Merle Haggard (Artist); Monroe, Bill (Artist); Music--Anecdotes; Myrtle Beach, (Va.); Nelson, Willie (Artist); Parton, Dolly (Artist); Pythagoras the Samian; RCA Records; Reno and Smiley (Artist); Reno, Don (Artist); Roanoke (Va.); Seely, Marilyn Jeanne “Jeannie” (Artist); Smiley, Arthur Lee “Red” (Artist); Sons; Statler Brothers, the (Artist); The Statler Brothers (Artist); Timing; Tom T. Hall (Artist); Willie Nelson (Artist)

Subjects: Alabama (Musical group); Berryville (Va.); Bluegrass festivals; Bluegrass music--History and criticism.; Bluegrass music.; Bluegrass musicians; Cash, Johnny; Caswell County (N.C.); Daughters; Haggard, Merle; Hunter, Shirley; Jenkins, Harold; Mandolin music; Monroe, Bill; Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996; Music--Anecdotes; Music--History and criticism.; Nelson, Willie, 1933-; Parton, Dolly; Pythagoras; RCA Records; Reno, Don; Roanoke (Va.); Seely, Jeannie; Smiley, Red, 1925-1972; Sons; Statler Brothers; Twitty, Conway