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Country Heritage: Clarence and Roland White
During February 2017, we will be reviewing the careers of several country performers bearing the last name ‘White’. Included in this review will be a family band and several excellent male and female...
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Classic Rewind: Charley Pride –‘Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone?’
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Country music in the United Kingdom and Ireland part 1: 1950s-1972
Since American folk and country music, particularly that of the of the Appalachian region, had its roots in the English and Irish folk traditions, it seems only fair that the American product crossed...
View ArticleJohnny Cash: A Look Back
We lost Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash within months of each other back in 2003, so 2018 marks a very sad 15th-anniversary farewell to the “Man In Black”. The release last year of UNEARTHED,...
View ArticleClassic Album Review: Hank Locklin –‘The Country Hall Of Fame’
Released in 1966 by RCA Records (my copy is a German pressing on RCA/Telefunken), Hank’s tribute takes a different approach from Wanda Jackson’s album from two years earlier, being centered around the...
View ArticleThe History Behind ‘Fox On The Run’
While typically most country and bluegrass songs originate within the genre, occasionally a song arrives from other sources. Willie Nelson had a segment of his career in which he introduced a bunch of...
View ArticleHenson Cargill remembered
The summer of 1968 was the first year in which I had a steady summer job, meaning that it was the first year in which I had a little cash which with to purchase record album. Thanks to being a Navy...
View ArticleOur Country Heritage: The Statler Brothers
It is hard to believe that it has been over 16 years since the Statler Brothers announced their retirement; however when they retired they really meant it. Since 2003 Don Reid has written some books,...
View ArticleRIP Chuck Glaser: Classic Rewind Tompall and the Glaser Brothers –‘Loving Her...
Thanks to Ken Nelson for letting us know that Chuck Glaser, the last surviving member of Tompall and the Glaser Brothers, has died. More here:...
View ArticleBook Review: Randy Travis –‘Forever And Ever, Amen’
Randy Travis was the first artist I fell in love musically, and one who saved country music in the second half of the 1980s from declining into pop-influenced irrelevance. Randy’s new autobiography...
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