Encyclopedia Folk Music 3/7

Part 78: Pleasant Valley Road, Oxnard

Part 77: Riley’s Son, Frank Hamilton Remembers Riley from Hollywood in the 1970s

Another half-brother.

Part 74: Riley’s Deal with Billboard Magazine, Don’t Be Like Duane.

I'm digging through my father's journal trying to remember what happened after we moved from the place where the woman was held hostage....

Part 66: My Father, Riley Shepard

Photo by Thomas Schworer I grew up in a cloud of my father’s cigar smoke, listening to the tapping sounds from his Corona typewriter, the...

Part 63: Riley Shepard's Cookbook, and How I Was Reunited with His Encyclopedia of Folk Music

Today is Sunday, January 31, 2021. 30 million of 50 million vaccines have been distributed. There are three strains of the new virus,...

Part 62: Video From "The Riley Shepard Show" and Liner Notes by Kevin Coffey, Riley’s Career

Today is Sunday, January 24th, 2021. There is a new strain of the COVID-19 virus that seems to be more contagious. N95 masks and KN95...

Part 61: 1970s, Riley's Diner, Half-Sister Leslie Shows up

Today is Sunday, January 17, 2021. Trump has been impeached for inciting an insurrection. The 45th president has been quiet, many of his...

Part 60: The Encyclopedia of Folk Music, Investors, Copies of Riley's Agreements, The Fresno Library

Today is Sunday, January 10, 2021. This Week blew up on January 6th, which began with the historical news that the runoff in Georgia...

Part 59: Riley Often Claimed He Wrote The Song "Blue Christmas."

When I was a little girl, my father told me that he wrote the song "Blue Christmas". I'm pretty sure the first time he told me that is when

Part 57: Riley Shepard History, His Journal, and A Video Clip

Today is Sunday, December 20th, 2020. The historic Cliff House restaurant, which first opened 157 years ago, will close. 180 employees...