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Gary Hall and Linda Adam-Hall first met in a commune in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1975. Gary, visiting a friend, ended up eating and talking with Linda. Linda was instantly impressed by Gary’s kindness, and they connected quickly. They built that connection over time, committing after a year. As Gary puts it, they’ve been together unofficially for 48 years and officially for 44, as they married in 1980. The two have played music together for most of their relationship.

Linda has sung in various choral groups over her life, and she learned to play the guitar from a friend of hers in the '60s. This friend, who also happened to be a nun, introduced her to folk groups such as Peter, Paul, and Mary and The Chad Mitchell Trio. She has played guitar and sung on and off for most of her life, but Gary says she’s been playing longer than him. Even though Gary has loved music all of his life, he says his primary “ignition point,” especially into the rock and roll world, was in February 1964, when his dad got him and his sister out of bed to watch The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. He has dabbled in many styles of music, growing up around his parent’s eclectic collection, which ranged from bluegrass to Broadway show tunes. In junior high and high school, he started playing instruments more, and by the time he left home, he started playing gigs seriously and as frequently as he could.

Gary and Linda’s accomplishments throughout their lives, personally and together, are sprawling. Gary has released six CDs of original music, performed for and music-directed many theater orchestras (as well as acting in many productions), and held a long-standing career as an IT director for Experian before serving as the chief information officer of Estes Park Health for eighteen years. Linda is an artist in her own right, also acting in many theater productions over her lifetime and creating books of her photography.

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In celebration of the upcoming Madam Lou Bunch Day 2025, Maryann Rosen highlights Lou Bunch and other famous female figures of the Colorado gold rush!

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In today's short segment, the host reads the poem written by Alexander Shalom Joseph for the June 5, 2025, edition of "Some Words for the Week."

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In this segment of our Top Story segment, Brittney Wagner gives us more updates from the issue of The Mountain-Ear from June 5, 2025.

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