Bill and Earl Bolick, The Blue Sky Boys

Bill and Earl Bolick first performed on Radio in their native North Carolina in 1935. They were raised in Hickory NC, and grew up listening to the Hymns and Ballads sung throughout the region for generations. They recorded quite a number of songs throughout the 1930's and 40's, but by 1951 they had become so dissatisfied with the direction music was taking that they quit performing. They recorded albums a handfull of times in the 1960's and 70's, and even performed occasionally at Folk Festivals and on College Campuses, and in 1975 they made their last recordings. Earl passed away in 1998, and Bill in 2008 at age 90.
I wrote to Bill Bolick several times in the years before his passing, and he was always very appreciative that his music was still being enjoyed. He even gave me one of the old songbooks they published back in the 1940's, which are next to impossible to find anywhere.