Jammy Man, a virtual/cartoon band, started in central Colorado with Denver musician and producer Paul Trunko in 2017. The animated band members are as follows: Jammy Man (Guitar and Vocals), Tumbly Tumbler (Banjo, Fiddle, Pedal Steel, Harmonica, Electric Guitar, Dobro, and Vocals), Sadie (Keyboards and Vocals), Ron the Bear (Mandolin, Drums, and Vocals), and Rasal E. Racoon (Bass and Vocals). The band's sound is Singer-Songwriter, Jamband, Country, and Americana.
1998–2005: original album releases
The first Jammy Man release in a family/children’s music style was "Acoustic Music for kids… and Adults". It received good press reviews from Dirty Linen, North Denver Tribune, the professional trade publication School Library Journal and from the American Library Association.
The Americana music style is mentioned in a quote by Trunko in School Library Journal: "He states in the liner notes, and it is obvious from listening to the songs, that he was strongly influenced by Not For Kids Only by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman." The album and artist won Children's Music Web awards in 2000: Paul Trunko and Jammy Man winner "Best New Artist for Young Children" and "Best Song for Young Children". The Jammy Man character is created in the title cut and mentioned in the School Library Journal and North Denver Tribune reviews.
The second album "Tumbly Tumbler" was released in 2004 and reviewed in the North Denver Tribune. The Tumbly Tumbler character as Jammy Man’s little brother created in title cut.
2017–2021: re-releases and Cartoon Band
The first two album were re-released with new song orders as "Acoustic Music" in 2017 and "Tumbly Tumbler" in 2019. Trunko worked with Workers Studio in Denver to create an animated series with the brothers Jammy Man and Tumbly Tumbler. The first video was the song "Pick it Up" from the "Tumbly Tumbler" recording. The video debuted on Colorado Public Television on 1/26/2019.
The second video was the song "Turn Off the TV" from the "Tumbly Tumbler" album and released 8/2/2019. The characters created in the "Pick it Up" video become the members of the band: Ron the Bear, Sadie and Rascal E. Racoon. Rascal joins the band at the end of the video.
2021–present: new albums and videos and awards
The third Jammy Man album "Is There a Flight on This Movie?" was released in 2021. The music on the recording was no longer in a children's music style and established the group as an Americana music band. The single from the album was "Come Around Tomorrow". The group was nominated for "Best Classic Rock and Blues Act" on U.K. internet radio Radio Wigwam and won “Best Album/Single Cover” on the Virtual Band Grammys.
"Tunes" is the fourth and latest album from the group and released in 2025. The singles from the recording are "The Letter" and "Mind". The album received a favorable review from the magazine Americana Highways
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The Wiregrass Farmer is reported to be the second newspaper created by Irish immigrant Joe Lawrence.
Lawrence, a devout Christian, moved his family from Ireland to the United States in the late 19th century. After arriving in New York, he headed south, eventually settling in south central Georgia in the community which later became Ashburn.
Lawrence's first attempt at a newspaper was a religious publication, according to subsequent stories told about him by his daughter Nora Lawrence Smith. No copies of Lawrence's first paper, if it ever existed, have surfaced.
There is reason to doubt the stories of Miz Nora, as she was called, because among other stories, she told of leading her family's covered wagon through the woods at night with a lantern. The time frame she gave for this would have her being about two or three years old at most, considering her stated birthday. Miz Nora, for reasons no one really knows, postdated the first edition of The Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman to 1899 in subsequent editions of the paper by changing its volume number. It is believed that Lawrence's religious paper was published in 1899, and she included those editions as part of The Wiregrass Farmer.
The first actual Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman was published on the last Saturday in March 1902. It has remained in business ever since, publishing an issue each week. The newspaper serves as the official Legal Organ for Turner County and the cities of Ashburn, Rebecca, and Sycamore.
The University of Georgia has microfilmed copies of extant editions on file at the Athens campus in the Newspaper Project archives. These records are often sought out by genealogy hounds researching their families. Most of the microfilmed editions at the UGA Athens Campus may also be viewed at the Victoria Evans Memorial Library in Ashburn. Bound volumes of the newspaper begin in the 1940s with significant gaps which grow smaller as the volumes approach more recent times.
PDF versions of the paper dating to 2005 are available at the Victoria Evans Memorial Library on DVD and the newspaper offices on N. Gordon Street in downtown Ashburn.
In 1924, the Wiregrass Farmer won the "Sutlive Trophy" as the newspaper that did the greatest service to its community. In 1931, also received the "Bankston Trophy" for giving the best local news.
Joe Lawrence and unnamed partners were the first owners. The Wiregrass was later owned by Nora Lawrence Smith and business manager F.M. Tison. The paper was sold to a friend of Smith's. It was later sold to Trib Publications. In October 2021, the paper was purchased by longtime editor Ben Baker and publisher Maria Hardman as part of their company B&H Publications Co., LLC. Ms. Hardman was the group publisher for Cook Publications, a subsidiary of Trib. B&H currently owns the Adel News Tribune and the Ocilla Star as well.
Shortly thereafter the company also purchased the 2-story building which was the newspaper's second location in Ashburn.
The Wiregrass Farmer has had five managing editors in its more than 100 years: Lawrence, Smith, Austin Saxon, Dave Taylor (for a six-month period), and present co-owner and B&H Executive editor Ben Baker, who has worked for the paper since 1994.