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Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith Passed Away; Tom T. Hall to Headline WCRS Live!; Stream Patty Griffin
Country Music Hall of Famer Carl Smith passed away in his home on Saturday at the age of 82. “From the minute he came out, I wanted to look like him, tried to comb my hair like him and learned every song he ever recorded,” Waylon Jennings once said of Mr. Smith, who retired from [...]
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“It’s the music of what I do and how I live” – Michael Martin Murphey
Roger Holland posted his in-depth “The Best Country Music of 2007″ list at PopMatters. These top ten lists are like finger prints, no two are exactly alike, but I learned a few interesting tidbits from Mr. Holland’s comments. As of December 4th, thirty-four of Anne Murray’s original recordings have been available digitally. Doug Freeman gives [...]
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Patty Loveless Gears Up For Her Third Trip On the Santa Train
Gary Allan has no balls, as illustrated by his latest album — Living Hard — and just so you know, Ronnie Dunn and John Anderson are merely average Nashville singers, too. I wish I was just making this stuff up, folks. Tours featuring two mega-stars are in. First it was Kenny Chesney and LeAnn Rimes, [...]
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Toby Keith Talks About His Patriotism And An Unnamed Dixie Chick
Newsday.com has a great, in-depth article about Toby Keith. Keith discusses topics ranging from the war, his uncompromising patriotism, the singer who shall not be named from the Dixie Chicks, and his political views. “I don’t apologize for being patriotic,” Keith says — a phrase he repeats several times during the conversation. “If there is [...]
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Kevin Fowler To Entertain Bull Riding Fans And Vince Gill Auctioning Roses For Valentine’s Day
One of the regulars readers of The 9513, Matt C., was at the Colgate Country Showdown yesterday and gave us the scoop on what happened: The winner of the 25th Annual Colgate Country Showdown is Shelby, NC native Megan Peeler. Megan sang Waylon Jennings’ “The Wurlitzer Prize” and an original song entitled “Damsel in Distress.” [...]
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