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Greenville artist crafts songs and guitars

Stanley Hammond
Stanley Hammond with one of his handcrafted guitars.

Stanley Hammond is a guitarist, songwriter, and luthier who has lived in Texas for less than a year, but was already compelled to write his first country song. Hammond stopped by KETR recently for an interview and live performance.

Hammond recently moved from Indiana to Greenville, and says he's really enjoying the Lone Star State. He joined Matt on Tuesday's Notably Texan.

Notably Texan airs weekdays from Noon-3pm, and the Backyard BBQ local music segment can be heard Tuesday's during the 1pm hour.

Born in Dallas, Texas, Matt moved to the Sulphur Springs area in 1990 and settled in Commerce shortly thereafter. Having dreamed of working in radio since childhood, he began working at KETR while taking Radio-Television courses at Texas A&M University-Commerce in 1993. Matt has transitioned from a part-time worker and pupil of KETR, to the station’s Chief Announcer/Producer and supervisor of student broadcasters. A familiar voice of 88-9 KETR, Matt has hosted such shows as The Late Nite Lion, and can currently be heard as host of Notably Texan.