The Lillys’ keening vocal harmonies and hard-driving instrumental sound were well suited to Boston’s rough-and-tumble Hillbilly Ranch,
Monster Beats a nightclub where, as the de facto house band for almost two decades, they entertained a mix of blue-collar and university regulars.
beats pro They also appeared on “The Hayloft Jamboree” on the Boston radio station WCOP and toured widely, exposing urban audiences to traditional rural music.
Before moving to the Northeast,
polo gilets Mr. Lilly spent the better part of two years as the mandolin player and tenor singer in Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs’s band, the Foggy Mountain Boys.