Al's First Record

(Produced by ) Drive west from Portland, Maine on US 302 and
youâll pass a giant mechanical television repairman on the left. The
repairman was built by Al Hawkes years ago to promote his television
store. Al sold TVs for years, but his real love was always country and
bluegrass music. Heâs been a performing musician, record producer,
pirate radio broadcaster, and general promoter. Now, he works like a
mad scientist in his basement to preserve recordings and document
musicians who played a part in Maineâs musical history. His basement is
filled with records; some 50,000 or more. Every now and then, he goes
into his stacks and pulls out an old treasure. Jen forgot to say in the piece that is a producer on the Virginia-based radio program, . 
Thanks so much for turning her on to this awesome tune "Shifting Texas
Sand." She went on a web hunt for it immediately.  (And Shea wants to
out Jesse as an alum of the .)
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