A lot has been written during the past week about The Night The Music Died. I read an excellent post in the past few days on Twang Nation about the state of modern country music. It speculated that country music icons like Hank Williams and Dolly Parton would not be able to find [...]
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Country radio’s love affair with Patty Loveless began winding down around 1997, with the release of the single “You Don’t Seem To Miss Me”. The record met with resistance by some radio program directors, who requested the release of an alternate version, without the harmony vocals provided by George Jones. Loveless refused to [...]
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1949: Slippin’ Around – Ernest Tubb (Decca)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1979: It Must Be Love — Don Williams (MCA)
1989: Above and Beyond — Rodney Crowell (Columbia)
1999: Something Like That — Tim McGraw (Curb)
2009: Big Green Tractor — Jason Aldean (Broken Bow)
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1949: Slippin’ Around – Ernest Tubb (Decca)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1979: Just Good Ol’ Boys — Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley (Columbia)
1989: Nothing I Can Do About It Now — Willie Nelson (Columbia)
1999: You Had Me From Hello — Kenny Chesney (BNA)
2009: Big [...]
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1949: Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me — Wayne Raney (King)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1979: You’re My Jamaica — Charley Pride (RCA)
1989: I Wonder Do You Think Of Me — Keith Whitley (RCA)
1999: Single White Female — Chely Wright (MCA)
2009: Big [...]
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This is from the famous San Quentin Prison concert in 1969.
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1949: I’m Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love) — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1979: I May Never Get To Heaven — Conway Twitty (MCA)
1989: I’m Still Crazy — Vern Gosdin (Columbia)
1999: Amazed – Lonestar (BNA)
2009: Big Green Tractor — Jason [...]
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1949: I’m Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love) — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: The Three Bells — The Browns (RCA)
1969: A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1979: Heartbreak Hotel — Willie Nelson & Leon Russell (Columbia)
1989: Are You Ever Gonna Love Me — Holly Dunn (Warner Bros.)
1999: Amazed – Lonestar (BNA)
2009: [...]
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1949: I’m Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love) — Eddy Arnold (RCA)
1959: Waterloo – Stonewall Jackson (Columbia)
1969: A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1979: The Devil Went Down to Georgia — The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic)
1989: Sunday In The South – Shenandoah (Columbia)
1999: Amazed – Lonestar (BNA)
2009: You Belong With Me – Taylor [...]
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The term “record album” first came into use when record companies used to package a series of related 78 RPM phonograph records together in a book that resembled a picture album. The first known album to be released was a four disc set of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, in 1909 in the United Kingdom. It retailed [...]
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Wild And Blue was John Anderson’s fourth album, released in 1982, and it provided the springboard for a major change in his career.
It was produced, like I Just Came Home To Count The Memories, by John with the Canadian Frank Jones who had worked with some of the all-time greats, including, at various times, Lefty [...]
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Some of the most memorable country songs are the ones which surprise you, the story song with a twist in the tale, or the song which suddenly goes in a direction you really weren’t expecting. Sometimes the effect is desigend to make you laugh; sometimes it may bring you to tears; there are some songs [...]
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Alongside our reviews of albums produced by the ‘Class of ‘89′, we’ve been taking the opportunity to look in depth at some of the other great albums released that year. Perhaps the most ambitious of those was the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s second Will The Circle Be Unbroken project, which harks back to the early [...]
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1959: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1969: Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass — Buck Owens & the Buckeroos (Capitol)
1979: I Just Fall In Love Again — Anne Murray (Capitol)
1989: New Fool at an Old Game — Reba McEntire (MCA)
1999: How Forever Feels – Kenny Chesney (BNA)
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1959: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1969: Only the Lonely — Sonny James (Capitol)
1979: Golden Tears — Dave & Sugar (RCA)
1989: From a Jack to a King — Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)
1999: You Were Mine — Dixie Chicks (Monument)
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1959: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1969: Only the Lonely — Sonny James (Capitol)
1979: Golden Tears — Dave & Sugar (RCA)
1989: Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
1999: You Were Mine — Dixie Chicks (Monument)
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1959: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town — Johnny Cash (Columbia)
1969: Only the Lonely — Sonny James (Capitol)
1979: Golden Tears — Dave & Sugar (RCA)
1989: I Still Believe In You – The Desert Rose Band (MCA/Curb)
1999: No Place That Far – Sara Evans (RCA)
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