Ken Linker's Variety Showcase featuring Gastonians Darrell Bumgardner and Bob Bigger


Now on YouTube

The Ken Linker’s Variety Showcase was a public access entertainment program from Charlotte, North Carolina that aired for 30 years. Hosted by musician Kenneth Allen Linker, the show ran from 1972 until his death in 2002.  The show described itself as “featuring…local, regional, and national talent!”

   


Gastonia talent in this episode included Darrell Bumgardner on drums and Bob Bigger singing the song I'll Take Any Willing Woman. Jim Brown of Concord joined them on guitar. The song was written by Bob Bigger and Marvin Coe and then recorded by Randy Travis for release in 1978.

  

 


Ken Linker’s Variety Showcase was filmed at 613 Calvert St. Charlotte and broadcast on TV Access 21. Guests also featured in this episode include B. B. Jasper Davis, Tommy Faile, Tabitha Hampton, and George Perry.

  

 

Watch this episode now on the 

Gaston County Public Library YouTube Channel

 Brian Brown, Librarian, Local History & Genealogy

 

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