This is the grave of Mickey Newbury. Born in Houston in 1940, Milton Newbury (I can see why he went by Mickey), became interested in country music as a kid. He started a band called The Embers as a teenager, more of a vocal act...
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Hee Haw is probably the worst show in human history, although it did make Buck Owens a ton of money, which was the only thing he loved more than country.
This is the grave of Kenny Rogers, Born in 1938 in Houston, Rogers grew up in a poor family that like a lot of southern families, was interested in music..
This is the grave of Billy Joe Shaver. Born in 1939 in Corsicana, Texas, Shaver grew up in the Texas working class. He was the son of a single mom who dragged the boy to honky tonks, which is really where he grew up, along...
Wow, what a huge loss. Just a few thoughts here for now. With the loss of Loretta, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton are basically the last major artists standing from.
A very few songwriters have ever as fully inhabited the consciousness of the American mind quite like Merle Haggard. The endless compassion and simmering anger of his greatest songs trace.
This is the grave of Floyd Chance. Born in 1925 in Como, Mississippi, Chance got into music as a kid and learned to play several instruments, including the clarinet and tuba, as well as the guitar and sax. He could play just about anything. He...
This is the grave of Billy Jack Wills. Born in 1926 in Memphis, Texas, Wills was the little brother of the great Bob Wills by a solid 20 years. Like.
This is the grave of Don Gibson. Born in 1928 in Shelby, North Carolina, Gibson grew up dirt poor. Like, his family had absolutely nothing. Sharecroppers. His last year of.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhaaaaaaaaa. This is the grave of Bob Wills. Born on a cotton farm outside of Kosse, Texas in 1905, Bob Wills grew up in a musical family. His father was a well-known fiddle player throughout Texas. To say the least, his son picked up the...
I've been reading a couple of music books and since I don't have any gigantic stories to tell today or any shows I've seen in the last couple of weeks,.
This is the grave of Johnnie Lee Wills. Born in 1912 in Jewett, Texas, Wills was born into what became one of the most important musical families of the first.