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LP by Florida country-gospel artists Hal Kennedy.

Hal had a successful solo career and was a featured vocalist with Florida gospel group The Dixie Echoes. Hal appeared on at least four LP with The Dixie Echoes, as well as releasing several solo LPs. Hal also played guitar for The Dixie Echoes during the 1960s. In 1974 Hal retried from recording and because a pastor at a Pentecostal church in Titusville, Florida. Hal passed away in 2019.

Jerry Kennedy's 1974 LP Jerry Kennedy and Friends, released on Mercury Records.

Jerry Kennedy is a record producer and occasional session musician. He played on Bob Dylan's 1966 LP Blonde on Blonde, as well as playing guitar and dobro on recordings by Elvis Presley, Kris Kristofferson, Ringo Starr, and Mickey Newbury.

During his time at Mercury Records he produced artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Newbury, Tom T. Hall, Roger Miller, and many more. He eventually left Mercury and started JK Productions where he recorded artists such as The Statler Brothers, Connie Smith, and Reba McEntire.

This LP features re-recordings of songs made famous by other country artists such as Tom T. Hall, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Rodriguez. Some of these artists are featured on their respective tracks along with many members of the Nashville A-Team, including legendary producer Owen Bradley.

1978 self-released LP by country singer and yodeler Joy King.

Joy King (1937-2016) was a country singer and renowned yodeler from Knoxville, Tennessee. In the 1950s and 1960s she traveled around playing on local barn dance shows and at coffeehouses in Tennessee and Florida. She recorded sparingly in the 1960s and 1970s, including a single "Taking Chances" backed with "Laughing Girl", which was recorded with members of the Nashville A-Team. She was a popular attraction in Gatlinburg during the 1960s. Joy also released a few LPs in her career: two with country singer Eddie Nash and the solo LP uploaded here. She played around Tennessee frequently until the 1990s, when an illness affected her voice.

Joy King passed away in 2016.

The liner notes of this LP were written by Archie Campbell. Personnel on the LP include Smokey White, David Johnson, Richard Benfield, Bon Berg, Denny McCoy, Jim Deal, Gerald Taylor, and Eddie Nash. Joy is credited with vocals, yodels, fiddle, and 12-string guitar. Harry Deal engineered the session at Galaxie III Studios in Taylorsville, North Carolina.

Most of the information I've included here was taken from the article "The Underappreciated Career of Folk Singer Joy King" published at www.knoxmercury.com, written by Eric Dawson.

The Kumusha Women's Marimba Ensemble is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This cassette was recorded live in 2000at The Candyman in Santa Fe. Members of the ensemble featured in this performance include Tara Andrea, Katharina Becker, Karyna Cragin, Deb Dennison, Liz Hiebner, Janeen Maas, Liz Paterson, and Jacqueline Sharber.

The acknowledgement on the cassette insert reads: "We offer gratitude to our teacher Peter Swing, to his teacher Dumisani Maraire, and to the Shona people of Zimbabwe who inspired our music. Thank you Jerre McGary of Expressions in Fine Arts, and all our friends and families. You believed in us."

As far as I can tell the Kumusha Women's Marimba Ensemble was active throughout the 2000s in Santa Fe and released at least one other CD in 2009. The last performance I can find on record is from 2014. Members of the ensemble have also performed in other marimba groups, some that have toured nationally and been featured in The New York Times.

Kunaq was a band from Ecuador whose members included Rene Sigchos, Patricio Alvarado, Patricio Valarezo, Alex LLumiquinga, WIlmer Sigchos, Jorde Herrera, and Alfonso Portilla.

I can't find any information online about the band.