Rickey E. Pittman, university English instructor, storyteller, author, and folksinger was the Grand Prize Winner of the 1998 Ernest Hemingway Short Story Competition, and is originally from Dallas, Texas. Pittman presents his stories, music and programs at schools, libraries, organizations, museums, Civil War Reenactments, and Celtic festivals throughout the South. His first CD of songs from the American Civil War, entitled BARD OF THE SOUTH and was released in January of 2011. The album was produced by Jed Marum and engineered by Travis Ener at Rockin' T Audio Ranch, Princeton TX. Rickey Pittman: guitar, mandolin, vocals Jed Marum; guitar, banjo, banjola back-up vocals