"SHINBRIER" ALMOST HEAVEN by "dizzy" harris. 

  • "SHINBRIER" ALMOST HEAVEN by "dizzy" harris
  • NISWANDER FAMILY OF SHINBRIER
  • SHINBRIER PAGE TWO
  • SHINBRIER PAGE THREE
  • COOPERS
  • MILL CREEK COAL & COKE COMPANY STORES & TIPPLES
  • MILL CREEK C&C TUG COMMUNITY
  • HARRIS FAMILY OBITS
  • BLUESTONE WEST VIRGINIA
  • McDOWELL & MERCER COUNTIES COAL DISASTERS
  • COAL & RAIL
  • POCAHONTAS PAGE ONE
  • POCAHONTAS PAGE TWO
  • BOISSEVAIN
  • MAYBEURY
  • COALDALE
  • SOME FAVORITE PHOTOS
  • ISAAC BELL CEMETERY - SHINBRIER, WV
  • LANDMARK BIBLE CHURCH - COOPERS WV
  • CHARLES CROCKETT BELL OBITUARY
  • SHINBRIER'S LOG HOME by BILL ARCHER
  • SHINBRIER-COOPERS HORSESHOE LEAGUE 1945
  • SHINBRIER COUSINS & FRIENDS 1945
  • BOBBIE JO CASEY OBITUARY
  • 1944 PAY ENVELOPE FOR EARL BELCHER
  • GILFORD CORNER JR - SHINBRIER BOY REDISCOVERS HIS ROOTS
  • VICTOR & RUBY BELL HENDERSON
  • EDITH HARRIS BUTT & SON
  • DWIGHT HILL - SHINBRIER'S SINGING SON
  • HARRIS GROCERY - SHINBRIER, WV
  • SHINBRIER'S BEER TAVERN
  • SHINBRIER COOPERS LADIES 1956
  • PRINCESS BELL
  • GRANNY WIMMER - MATRIARCH OF SHINBRIER MOUNTAIN
  • SHINBRIER - COOPERS MEN IN WW 2
  • 1924 SHINBRIER - COOPERS SCHOOL STUDENTS
  • COOPERS CEMETERY - COOPERS, WV
  • 1927 SHINBRIER - COOPERS SCHOOL STUDENTS
  • COOPERS METHODIST CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1927
  • DAVID BELL & ELIZABETH BELL MORAN

DWIGHT HILL - SHINBRIER'S SINGING SON

SHINBRIER'S SINGING SON

DWIGHT E. HILL

Dwight was born 1932 in Freeman, West Virginia. Moved to Shinbrier, West Virginia at the age of 13. He got his first guitar by selling Rose Bud Salve. He met Joe Compton at an early age. Joe lived up Simmons Hollow and was an accomplished guitar player. Joe taught Dwight to play, and the rest is music history. In their younger years they played radio and television shows in Beckley, Oak Hill and Bluefield, West Virginia. Dwight left West Virginia to pursue his dreams in Nashville, where he became quite successful.

Dwight says, "I played in every beer joint and dog fight in West Virginia. Thanks be to God, Joe and Shinbrier."

 

 DWIGHT, ON RIGHT, IS PICTURED WITH FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER, EDDIE ARNOLD

 

           HERE DWIGHT PAYS A VISIT TO HIS BELOVED  COMMUNITY OF SHINBRIER, WEST VIRGINIA

 

 

 


 

 

 
  
DWIGHT'S LATEST CD - "THE BIG APPLE"
 
 
 
DWIGHT'S "BIG APPLE" SONGS INCLUDE MANY COUNTRY FAVORITES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  • Act Naturally
  • Don't Worry About Me
  • Your Cheating Heart
  • He'll Have To Go
  • Pop a Top
  • Okie From Muskogee
  • I Can't Stop Loving You
  • If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time
  • Hello Wall
  • Make The World Go Away
  • C-R-A-Z-E-Y
  • A Farewell Party
  • Honky Tonk Angel
  • I Fall To Pieces
  • Love Me
  • The Green Green Grass Of Home
  • Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms

 

DWIGHT PASSED ABOUT MAY 1, 2011

I will keep this page online as a tribute to Shinbrier's favorite son.
DizzyHarris1@yahoo.com

E. L. Harris
1305 Dodge Dr NW
Warren, OH 44485
 
 
 

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