Steel Guitar Hall of Famer Walter Haynes Dies
From the Tennessean : Steel Guitar Hall of Famer Walter Haynes died Thursday in Tyler, Texas at the age of 80. Haynes was known for working with Jimmy Dickens, Del Reeves, The Everly Brothers and…
Category Archives: In memoriam
Hank Williams 56 Years On
It’s been 56 years that Hiram (Hank) King Williams, the man commonly referred to as the King of Country Music and the hillbilly Shakespeare, lost his life on an unseasonably cold road somewhere between Knoxville,…
Happy Veteran’s Day!
To those that served so we may be free. Johnny Cash – Ragged Old Flag [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whmVGRSgAe8[/youtube]
Happy Birthday Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons was (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) was the godfather of two sub-genres of country music, alt.country and country rock, or what he coined as “cosmic American music.) He was also the…
Happy Bithday Hank Williams Sr.
I’m in Nashville for the Americana Music Association Conference which starts full steam tomorrow so today I had time to stop by the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to check out their new…
Johnny Cash – 5 Years On
As well as being the birthday of George Jones, Sept. 12th is also the shared date of the death of a country legend, Johnny Cash. RIP J.R., there will never be another like you. Johnny…
Musician, Actor Jerry Reed Dead at 71
One of country music’s leading class clowns (reviled only by Roger Miller) and guitar greats has died. The Tennessean writes: Jerry Reed, country music’s howling virtuoso and a star of stage, studio and screen, has…
Hank Williams pedal player Don Helms dies
From Country Standard Time: Don Helms, pedal steel guitarist for Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys, died this morning at 81. He is featured on more than 100 Williams recordings. Helms played a lap steel (also known…
Happy Memorial Day!
It’s great to see all the Sailors walking New York City in their dress whites! This goes out to the brave folks that risk it all to protect us. “Dress Blues” – Jason Isbell [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJb1_EGnapY[/youtube]
Country Music Hall of Fame Member Eddy Arnold Dies
Country Music Hall of Fame member in (1966) Eddy Arnold died on May 8, 2008, in Franklin, Tennessee, just one week short of his 90th birthday. Arnold brought country music into the 1940’s pop world…