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Nov. 9, 2016, 1:14 a.m.

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Get low down this morning with Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon (pictured, right), plus Seven-Foot Dilly, Big Mama Thornton, Little Brother Montgomery, Pee Wee King, Long John Hunter, and more. The show just started with some great Birmingham soul from Little Lois Barber. #frankiehalfpintjaxon #wetit
More Little Jimmy Dickens (right), with Hawkshaw Hawkins.
Tomorrow on The Lost Child: Little Jimmy Dickens and Big Bill Lister, both pictured here alongside Hank Williams for scale. (Also pictured: Minnie Pearl.) Also on tomorrow’s show: Big Mama Thornton, Little Brother Montgomery, Fats Waller, Slim Whitman, Pee Wee King, Seven Foot Dilly, Tiny Grimes, Shorty Long—you get the idea—and more. 9-10, Central, on @birminghammountainradio
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