Meet Andrew Hampton, an Ozark musician from Reynolds County, Missouri. Andrew, his wife Rachel, daughter Charlotte and son Matthew, all enjoy a life rich with music and Ozark heritage. Andrew grew up listening to the bluegrass music and picking sounds of his Dad, Grandpa, family and friends.
Like many other traditions passed down in the Ozarks, Andrew learned to play music by listening and doing. Learn how music is not just important them, but a way of life for this family and their community.
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Sasha Daucus
Sasha Daucus, a regional expert on Ozark wild herbs discovered the Ozarks nearly 40 years ago while visiting the East Wind Intentional Community in Tecumseh, Missouri. What was intended to be a short stay while waiting for a job opportunity became a completely new path in her life. Sasha experien...
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Ray Joe Hastings
Ray Joe Hastings and his apprentice Anthony Martin work together in Ray Joe’s home blacksmith shop creating a traditional fishing gig by hand. Ray Joe is a master gig maker, as well as a remarkable storyteller who brings the old Ozark ways to life.
He learned to make gigs from Paul Martin, who ...
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Bill Bock
Meet Bill Bock and others in the German-American community in Perry County, Missouri. The area was settled in 1839 by a group of Germans from Saxony, seeking religious freedom. The community they created at that time, continued to speak German as their native language until the 1950’s.
Bill and...
