Lawrence Carlton Haney was an American booking agent, festival promoter, and songwriter primarily active in bluegrass music.
14 Facts About Carlton Haney
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Carlton Haney was inducted to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 1998 by the International Bluegrass Music Association.
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Carlton Haney was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, on September 19,1928, just as the Bristol Sessions were in full swing.
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Carlton Haney grew up listening to Bill Monroe, but claims to have never understood why people liked to listen to the music.
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Carlton Haney was offered a job working for Monroe and took it solely based on monetary reasoning.
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Carlton Haney worked with Monroe for about a year and a half booking shows and traveling with the band.
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Carlton Haney had another opportunity through Monroe to work at Bean Blossom.
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When Carlton Haney went back to North Carolina he stumbled upon a band that needed someone to help them book shows.
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Carlton Haney was responsible for recruiting fiddler-star Bobby Hicks to band in 1954, initially as a bass player.
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Carlton Haney managed bluegrass duo Reno and Smiley between 1955 and 1964.
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Carlton Haney continued staging the festival over the next few years at various locations, including his 160 acres of renovated land in Camp Springs, NC.
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Carlton Haney co-wrote songs such as The Letter and To See My Angel Cry.
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Carlton Haney was featured prominently in the 1971 movie Bluegrass: Country Soul, which was reissued on DVD in 2006.
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Carlton Haney can be heard introducing Merle Haggard on two live albums, Okie From Muskogee and The Fightin' Side of Me.