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“Long Black Veil” Songwriter Danny Dill Passed Away at 83
Danny Dill, one of the songwriters behind Lefty Frizzell’s “Long Black Veil” and Bobby Bare’s “Detroit City,” passed away on Thursday at the age of 83. If you’re not familiar with “Long Black Veil,” read the story behind the song in Stop Cutting Hits: The Story of Lefty Frizzell’s “The Long Black Veil.”
PopMatters‘ Joseph Carver [...]Continue reading "“Long Black Veil” Songwriter Danny Dill Passed Away at 83"
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Forgotten Artists: Charley Pride
While he’s not exactly forgotten, it’s been a nineteen years since Charley Pride received much airplay on Country Radio–which seems unbelievable considering the dominant force he was on the charts. For the ’70s, Billboard has Charley listed as its third ranking singles artist behind only Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard. Pride also shows up as [...]
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Time Life Plans to Release Previously- Unreleased Hank Williams’ Recordings
Time Life plans to periodically release 143 previously-unreleased Hank Williams‘ recordings over a three year period. The recordings were made in 1951 for Williams’ show on radio station WSM-AM in Nashville and were sponsored by Mother’s Best flour.
Watch Jason Isbell perform “Dress Blues” live at Stubb’s in Austin, TX, then go read the story of [...]Continue reading "Time Life Plans to Release Previously- Unreleased Hank Williams’ Recordings"
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Fallen Tree Split Bobby Bare’s House in Two; Everyone Okay
The wife of Bobby Bare suffered two cracked vertebrae when a tree fell on their house, slicing it in half. She was watching TV when the tree hit. Luckily she was able to crawl from under the tree and call 911.
The new Hayes Carll album is due out April 8th and will be titled Trouble [...]Continue reading "Fallen Tree Split Bobby Bare’s House in Two; Everyone Okay"
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Sara Evans’ Divorce Finalized
Keith Urban is believed to have been in a motorcycle accident near his home in Sydney after being followed by paparazzi. Fortunately he’s been reported to be uninjured by the crash.
Steve Terrell says “the original 1973 version of Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends, and Lies ranks right up there with Willie Nelson’s Phases and Stages, [...] -
The Grand Ole Opry Invites Shooter Jennings To Make His Debut
Bobby Bare talks about going back to Ohio and talking to people whose aunts and uncles he went to school with, but they’ve all died. He says it’s the sad part about the business he’s in.
“All of my friends abused themselves too terribly. But then there’s Shel. He was never heavy into drugs and drinking. [...]Continue reading "The Grand Ole Opry Invites Shooter Jennings To Make His Debut"
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Marty Stuart To Helm His Own Show On XM Satellite Radio
The moment you have all been waiting for…PopMatters Top 20 All-Time Best Songs are in and it’s littered with all sorts of outlaws and rebels.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are selling their four-bedroom, five-bath house in Nashville to move to…another house in Nashville. Urban’s spokesman says that they’ve found some land and are excited about [...]Continue reading "Marty Stuart To Helm His Own Show On XM Satellite Radio"
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Bruce Robison Picks A Couple Of Songs From Latest EP He Hopes Get Covered
It seems like I’m always linking to a John Goodspeed article. This time his article prefaces Bruce Robison’s appearance at John T. Floore’s Country Store tonight. When talking about songs that get cut from albums before they’re released, Robison says:
“It hurts,” Robison said. “Believe me, I’m not crying. But it’s just one of the things [...]Continue reading "Bruce Robison Picks A Couple Of Songs From Latest EP He Hopes Get Covered"
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For the second episode of The 9513 Country Music Podcast, your host Kelly Dearmore caught up with two seemingly different artists in Sarah Borges and Trent Willmon. Take a listen.
Free Music Downloads: If you’ve only recently come to country music, or have never delved past the genre’s surface and it’s most famous names, you may not have heard of Tom Russell. That’s a shame, and The 9513’s Free Music series is here to help set you down the right path.
Martina McBride - “Ride” Catchy, but a little low on cogency–not to mention originality. And it essentially resolves into the same kind of positive “message song” that has defined so much of McBride’s recent work.
Richie McDonald - “How Do I Just Stop” So gloriously simple and unequivocally lackluster that people of every political persuasion should rejoice in the opportunity to come together and have a hearty laugh at its expense.
Donnie Vondra - “If I Didn’t Love You” Combinining a golden trifecta of country music—steel guitar, fiddle and a strong, twangy vocal—"If I Didn't Love You" pulls together a sweet, toe-tapping ditty reminiscent of Marty Raybon-era Shenandoah.
Lance Miller - “Bacon Frying” A charming country song that is beautiful for its simplicity, a musical remnant from a time when songwriters understood that often the best thing to do is just get out of the song’s way.
John Rich - “Another You” For a guy who is supposed to be a genius songwriter, John Rich sure does seem to be running out of ideas. 
George Ducas - “Walk Through This World” Ducas banks on the success of recent artists’ pleasantly bland lyrics and agreeable instrumentation for his first release with WhiteStar Nashville.
In this exclusive interview for The 9513, Little Big Town’s Jimi Westbrook talks about life with the band, as well as A Place to Land, the group’s current album, which has charted in the top 10 of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart on two separate occasions
Forgotten Artists: Cal Smith - When the Florida Sunshine Opry (Eustis, FL) booked its first “name” (non-local) act back in 1999, the act they chose was Cal Smith. No wonder, since Cal is an excellent singer, musician, storyteller and showman. | View more artists featured in Paul W. Dennis' recurring "Forgotten Artists" feature »
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