tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124631792024-03-05T04:25:30.532-05:00Raizor's EdgeCountry Music: Articles, Reviews, Interviews, News, and Opinion.Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.comBlogger828125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-40661300244929112072022-12-31T08:59:00.000-05:002022-12-31T08:59:37.217-05:00We Will Be Back After This (Maybe Long) Break<div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Category: Announcement</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The annual obituaries list will be my last post for a while.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why? Well, this blog has sunk to obits and little more. And that’s depressing. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’m not closing or deleting this, so you can still find the “dates of note” from previous years. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ll definitely be back when the Wilburn Brothers and Syd Nathan are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (assuming we’re all still alive then). Maybe sooner. However, until then, I’m on vacation.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ll leave you with some <i>great</i> country harmonies, courtesy of Brazilian twins Magno and Marciel. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">God bless you all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yNqgAf-TFtA" width="320" youtube-src-id="yNqgAf-TFtA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-82570101789213698012022-12-27T22:04:00.007-05:002022-12-29T17:59:40.589-05:00The Final Curtain for 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Category: Tribute</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are the people from the world of country music who took their final bows in 2022.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Andrew “Drew” Alexander</b> (December 31, 2021, short illness, age 52): the son of former Tennessee governor Lamar Alexander served as the head of Nashville Curb Records’ publishing arm.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Allison</b> (August 22, cancer, age 82): the final original Cricket (Buddy Holly’s backing band), he played drums and co-wrote two of Holly’s classic songs, “That’ll Be the Day” and “Peggy Sue.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Slim Andrews</b> (January 15, cancer, age 90): Maine-based country music singer who was popular and active onstage and off, founding the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Steve Arlin </b>(August 24, cerebral aneurysm, age 78): banjo player for Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in the early 60s and member of the New York Ramblers and Trouble Creek String Band.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Paul Arnold</b> (July 31, Alzheimer’s, age 86): music teacher who also served in the house bands for <i>Pop! Goes the Country</i> and <i>Nashville Now</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bobby Lee Atkins</b> (March 27, unknown cause age 88): second cousin of Chet Atkins was a banjo player for the Blue Grass Boy and later became the Old Dominion Barn Dance’s house band leader, the Dixie Mountaineers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Randy Bailey</b> (August 16, infection/COVID-19, age 68): bluegrass musician and longtime host of WBJB’s Bluegrass Jam in New Jersey.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Luke Bell</b> (August 29, fentanyl overdose, age 32): up-and-coming alt-country neotraditionalist who’d had a single in 2021 with “Jealous Guy.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Bentley</b> (August 28, unknown cause, age 79): Lee Greenwood’s manager for 30 years.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bayron Binkley</b> (April 25, unknown cause, age 89): longtime Nashville country music TV show producer and director who worked on Ralph Emery’s local program as well as syndicated shows by Flatt & Scruggs, Jim Ed Brown, and others. He also worked as a producer for several early Nashville Network shows and specials.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Baxter Black</b> (June 10, leukemia, age 77): “America’s poet lariat,” a Western poet and writer who worked on NPR and wrote over 30 books related to Western poetry and life.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Thom Bresh</b> (May 23, esophageal cancer, age 74): the son of the legendary Merle Travis had his own hit in 1976 with “Home Made Love.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bruce Burch</b> (March 12, leukemia, age 69): songwriter behind hits such as Reba’s songs “It’s Your Call” and “Rumor Has It,” among many others.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bob Burrell </b>(August 13, unknown cause, age 71): co-founder of the Warner Western record label as well as managing the likes of Lee Roy Parnell and Michael Martin Murphy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hal Bynum</b> (June 2, complications from a stroke, age 87): country songwriter whose career went from George Jones’ “The Old, Old House” to Jim Reeves’ Nobody’s Fool” to the monster crossover hit “Lucille” by Kenny Rogers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jeff Carson</b> (March 26, heart attack, age 58): 1990s/early 2000s country singer with hits such as “Not on Your Love” and “Holding Onto Somethin’.” He later left country music to become a Franklin, Tennessee policeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Joe Chambers</b> (September 28, illness, age 80): the founder of the Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville, as well as a songwriter (“Somebody Lied,” “Old 8x10”).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Kerry Chater</b> (February 4, unknown cause, age 76): the co-founder of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap moved to country music, writing such hits as “I Know a Heartache When I See One,” “You’re the First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving,” and “You Look So Good in Love.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Terry Choate</b> (September 14, complications from diabetes, age 68): industry board member for the AFM union and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, producer of many albums including the first release by the Time Jumpers, and music supervisor for TV programs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jeff Cook</b> (November 2, complications from Parkinson’s disease, age 73): Country Music and Musicians Hall of Fame member for his work on lead guitar and fiddle in the band Alabama.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Al Cooley</b> (<i>ne</i> Al Bianculli) (June 9, cancer, age 75): longtime music executive in Nashville who worked for Combine Music Publishing. He also co-founded <i>MusicRow</i>, the Nashville music publication. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Peter Cooper</b> (December 6, fall, age 52): one of the most loved and respected journalists in Nashville was also a record producer, songwriter, and bass player.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tommy Cordell</b> (October 30, unknown cause, age 65): well-known bluegrass fiddler and multiple Florida State Fiddle Champion winner who worked with the likes of Dave Evans & River Bend and Larry Sparks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Crutchfield</b> (January 11, unknown cause, age 87): songwriter (Barbara Fairchild's "Kid Stuff"), producer, and industry executive who spent more than 50 years in the industry.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Billie Burton Daniel</b> (October 1, natural causes, age 98): the singer and last surviving member of Charlotte, North Carolina’s string band the Briarhoppers, who began performing in 1936.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mike Dekle</b> (February 24, lung cancer, age 77): successful songwriter whose hits include “don’t Love Make a Diamond Shine” and “Country Must Be Country Wide.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Heather Dunbar</b> (February 7, unknown cause, age 71): longtime host of the country/bluegrass program <i>The Salt Creek Show</i> on Ithaca, New York’s WVBR-FM.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ray Edenton</b> (September 22, unknown cause, age 95): Musicians Hall of Fame inductee and one of Nashville’s “A Team” session men, he played on over 12,000 recordings in his long career.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Don Edwards</b> (October 23, unknown cause, age 86): Western Music Hall of Fame inductee with a long career as a poet, historian, and Grammy-nominated performer.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eddie Edwards</b> (June 19, unknown cause, age 75): 2013 Country Radio Hall of Fame inductee who was a two-time award winner for his radio work (1986 ACM, 1987 CMA).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dan Einstein</b> (January 15, long illness, age 61): co-founder, with John Prine, of Prine's Oh Boy record label.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ward Eller</b> (September 20, natural causes, age 92): IBMA “Pioneer of Bluegrass” recipient who was a founding member of the 1940s bluegrass band the Church Brothers.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ralph Emery</b> (January 15, unknown cause, age 88): Country Music Hall of Fame DJ who kept the WSM overnight country music shift for decades, then later hosted country TV shows such as <i>Nashville Now</i> and <i>Pop! Goes the Country</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ernest Tubb Record Shop</b> (May 3, changing times, 75th birthday): the first, the longest lasting, and the most iconic of the star-owned record stores in Nashville. Started by Ernest Tubb in 1947 in response to fan complaints that they couldn't find his records, the store was a mainstay on Nashville's Lower Broadway and hosted the second-longest running radio show, The Midnight Jamboree.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Niko Everette</b> (July 9, car wreck, age 32): drummer who worked with Luke Bryan before moving to rock bands.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dewey Farmer</b> (July 12, illness, age 79): mandolin player who worked with the likes of Carl Story’s Rambling Mountaineers, Chubby Wise, and Mac Wiseman.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ben Farrell</b> (August 10, unknown cause, age 76): the president of Varnell Enterprises, a concert promotion company, where he worked promoting everyone from Elvis to Alan Jackson to Garth Brooks.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jake Flint</b> (November 26, unknown cause, age 37): up-and-coming “red dirt” artist with two albums to his credit. He died a few hours after his wedding.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dallas Frazier</b> (January 14, complications of a stroke, age 82): Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member with a long list of songwriting credits from the pop song “Alley-Oop” to the first CMA song of the year “There Goes My Everything.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jane Frost</b> (February 27, cancer, age 74): country music scholar who co-authored Byron Berline’s autobiography.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Fred Geiger</b> (January 12, house fire, age 82): bluegrass banjo player and longtime journalist for <i>Bluegrass Unlimited</i> and <i>The Banjo Newsletter</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Joe Gilchrist</b> (May 25, unknown cause, age 80): a schoolteacher who bought a little nightclub called the Flora-Bama Lounge, Package, and Oyster Bar, which became a hub for upcoming and well-known songwriters.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mickey Gilley</b> (May 7, bone cancer, age 86): country singer with his own list of hits, cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis (who also died this year), and owner of Gilley’s, the Houston nightclub featured in the country-themed movie <i>Urban Cowboy</i>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Doc Gonzales</b> (April 15, unknown cause, age 59): owner of the talent agency Triple Crown Management, whose clients included Lonestar, Billy Dean, and Little Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jane Dowden Grams </b>(March 24, unknown cause, age 90): president of Show Biz, Inc, the syndication company behind countless country TV shows including <i>The Porter Wagoner Show</i>, <i>The Wilburn Brothers Show</i>, and <i>Pop! Goes the Country</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Patrick Haggerty</b> (October 31, complications from a stroke, age 78): the founder, lead singer, and songwriter for what is considered the first openly-gay country band in history, Lavender Country.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ed Hardy</b> (July 31, unknown cause, age 73): former president of the Great American Country (GAC) network from 2004 to 2012. He also served as the interim president of the CMA in 2013.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Clay Hart</b> (July 28, unknown cause, age 86): singer who was known as the primary country music singer on <i>The Lawrence Welk Show</i> in the late 60s and early 70s.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Robert Hicks</b> (February 25, cancer, age 71): country music publisher, co-owner of blues nightclubs with B.B. King, and author of Civil War books and country music history (<i>Guitar and Pen: Short Stories and Story Songs by Nashville Songwriters</i>).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jimbeau Hinson</b> (March 4, complications of a stroke, age 70): longtime successful country songwriter whose list of credits include “(I’m Sittin’) Fancy Free” by the Oak Ridge Boys, “angel With a Broken Wing” by Mel Street, and “Hillbilly Highway” by Steve Earle.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Ray Johnston</b> (January 9, COVID-19, age 65): one-time drummer in the staff band of the Grand Ole Opry.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Leslie Jordan</b> (October 24, car wreck, age 67): Emmy-winning <i>Will & Grace</i> actor who also recorded country music and had a radio show called Hunker Down Radio during the COVID pandemic.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Naomi Judd</b> (April 30, suicide [gunshot], age 76): the elder of the mother/daughter duo the Judds. She died one day before the Judds’ formal induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Anita Kerr</b> (October 10, natural causes, age 94): the head of the Anita Kerr Singers, one of the premiere vocal backing groups during the Nashville Sound era.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Lee Lewis</b> (October 28, pneumonia, age 87): the Killer, who rebounded from a rock scandal in the early 60s to have a country career more successful in terms of number of hits than his rock days. Lewis died 12 days after his formal induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lewis’ musical cousin, Mickey Gilley, also passed away in 2022.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Loretta Lynn</b> (October 4, natural causes, age 90): a woman who needs NO introduction, because no words will suffice to explain her brilliance, longevity, or importance. Country icon who kicked down doors for female songwriters, rising to worldwide fame in the process. In addition to her countless country awards she was also given the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Warner Mack</b> (March 1, long illness, age 86): country singer with a string of hits in the 60s, best remembered for "The Bridge Washed Out."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ken Mansfield</b> (November 17, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, age 85): first noticed as the man in the white coat on the roof with the Beatles at their impromptu concert, he went on to produce countless country records, including many from the “Outlaw” era.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Brad Martin</b> (March 11, unknown cause, age 48): traditional country singer who had charted hits in the early 2000s, including “One of Those Days” and “Before I Knew Better.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Judy Massey</b> (September 25, unknown cause, age 81): producer of several ShowBiz, Inc. television programs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>C.W. McCall</b> (<i>ne</i> William D. Fries Jr.) (April 1, lung cancer, age 93): William Fries was an ad agency executive who created the “C.W. McCall” character for ads. That morphed into a country music career hat included “Old Home Filler-Up and Keep on a-Truckin’ Cafe,” “There Won’t Be No Country Music,” “Wolf Creek Pass,” and, of course, the 1975 #1 crossover hit “Convoy.” </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mary McCaslin</b> (October 2, progressive supranuclear palsy, age 75): folk singer who primarily focused her tunes on the old west. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Glenn Meadows</b> (July 7, short illness, age 68): Grammy-winning record mastering engineer whose list of credits run from rock’s Steely Dan to country’s Merle Haggard.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Blake Mevis</b> (February 9, COVID-19, age 73): songwriter (“Fool Hearted Memory”) and record producer (George Strait, Keith Whitley, Vern Gosdin).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jody Miller</b> (October 6, complications of Parkinson’s disease, age 80): Grammy-winner for her “answer song” to the Roger Miller (no relation) megahit “King of the Road,” “Queen of the House,” as well as a string of hits in the 60s and 70s including “Let’s All Go Down to the River” and “Good News.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Charlie Monk</b> (December 19, unknown cause, age 84): the “Mayor of Music Row” was a music publisher and a Country DJ Hall of Fame radio voice that began on his hometown station WGEA and ended with his death on Sirius/XM’s “Willie’s Roadhouse” station.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tommy Neal</b> (January 11, long illness, age 73): much-loved bluegrass banjo player who got his start playing bass on Del McCoury’s first album.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bobbie Nelson </b>(March 10, unknown cause, age 91): the sister of Willie Nelson and the pianist in his band for over 50 years.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dame Olivia Newton-John</b> (August 8, cancer, age 73): the iconic pop singer and actress (<i>Grease</i>) had her first success in country music in the early 70s, with songs like “If You Love Me (Let Me Know)” and “Let Me Be There,” winning the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year award in 1974.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dave Osborne</b> (June 8, complications from a stroke, age 75): North Carolina-based banjo player who toured with the likes of Faron Young before becoming a member of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance band in the 1990s. He also founded the Fiddlers’ Cove nightclub in Greensboro, NC.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Martha Owen</b> (June 2, unknown cause, age 90): the mother of Alabama’s front man Randy Owen. Randy Owen’s cousin and bandmate, Jeff Cook, also passed this year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jim Owens</b> (March 4, unknown cause, age 84): the husband of Lorianne Crook was one of the most important television producers and syndicators in Nashville throughout the 70s and 80s. He also owned the TNN trademark, which houses over 10,000 hours of video footage.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jo Carol Pierce</b> (December 2, cancer, age 78): Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s former wife was a folk singer on her own.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>James Price</b> (May 23, unknown cause, age 57): fiddler who began his career with the Goins Brothers and Ralph Stanley, later playing with Little Jimmy Dickens and Johnny Paycheck.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jack Pruett Jr.</b> (February 1, illness, age 65): the son of Opry singer Jeanne Pruett ad Marty Robbins’ guitarist Jack Pruett Sr. was also a musician, playing bass for the likes of Johnny Russell and Jim Glaser.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Charles Quillen</b> (August 19, unknown cause, age 84): country songwriter with a long list of hits to his credit, including “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World” (Ronnie Milsap), “They Never Lost You” (Con Hunley), and “Why Don’t That Telephone Ring” (Tracy Byrd).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Penny Ragsdale</b> (December 31, 2021, cancer, age 78): the wife of Country Music Hall of Famer Ray Stevens. They were married for over 60 years.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Chick Rains</b> (January 21, unknown cause, age 83): hit songwriter whose long list of credits include “A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)” by Mickey Gilley, “Down to My Last Broken Heart” by Janie Fricke, and “Somebody Should Leave” by Reba McEntire. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>James Reams</b> (June 17, cancer, age 66): leader of James Reams & the Barnstormers, president of the Arizona Bluegrass Association, and IBMA award nominee.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pete Reiniger</b> (May 13, unknown cause, age 73): Grammy award-winning (1987) recording engineer for the Smithsonian/Folkways recordings.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hargus "Pig" Robbins</b> (January 30, multiple illnesses, age 84): the Country Music Hall of Fame piano player who backed countless musicians in country and rock.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Art Rosenbaum</b> (September 4, cancer, age 83): music historian and banjo player whose <i>Art of Field Recording</i> box set of old-time music won him a Grammy for Best Historical Album.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eloise Wyatt Russo</b> (October 7, natural causes, age 98): longtime hostess at the Grand Ole Opry who worked there until retiring at 93.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jim Seals</b> (June 6, chronic illness, age 79): half of the soft rock/folk duo Seals and Crofts was also the brother of the late country singer/songwriter Dan Seals.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lois Curtis Shepherd</b> (October 18, illness, age 98): longtime Lower Broadway performer in Nashville and co-founder of the Broadway Revitalization Committee in the 1980s to save the Lower Broadway area from demolition.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Herschel Sizemore</b> (September 9, unknown cause, age 87): a member of the Bluegrass Cardinals as well as mandolin player with the likes of Del McCoury and Jimmy Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Billy Smith</b> (February 11, unknown cause, age 84): the drummer for the band the Casuals, who backed Brenda Lee in concert during the 60s.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Buddy Spurlock</b> (September 21, unknown cause, age 81): banjo player who founded the groundbreaking “modern bluegrass” band the Bluegrass Alliance. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tim Stacy</b> (January 15, unknown cause, age 68): bass player who worked and toured with the likes of Charlie Louvin and Hank Williams Jr. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bobbi Staff</b> (Barbara Grindstaff Whitehurst) (November 2, dementia, age 77): mid-60s country singer with a contract to RCA, produced by Chet Atkins, with one hit, 1966’s “Chicken Feed.” Her former husband, Jerry Whitehurst, also passed this year.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Saundra Steele</b> (May 30, ovarian cancer, age 72): a Nashville demo singer who later went on to tour as a backup singer for the likes of Johnny Rodriguez, Ronnie Milsap, and George Jones.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ed Stone</b> (February 11, unknown cause, age 81): former Vice President of marketing and PR at the old Opryland USA theme park.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Carolyn Tate</b> (March 3, unknown cause, age 65): former Vice President of the Country Music Hall of Fame from 2001 (the year of the new Hall of Fame’s opening) to 2018.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Big John Trimble</b> (July 24, unknown cause, age 84): Country DJ Hall of Fame member who started his “All-Night Trucker Show” in Spokane, Washington before moving it to Shreveport, Richmond, and finally online. His final broadcast was two days before his death.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ian Tyson, O.C. </b>(December 29, heart issues</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, age 89): one of Canada’s greatest country and folk treasures, the Order of Canada and Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame member wrote countless classics, including “Someday Soon” and “Four Strong Winds.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bil VornDick</b> (July 5, cancer, age 72): a Belmont University school of music business graduate who went from recording demos for Loretta Lynn to being chief engineer at Marty Robbins’ studio. His work as a producer and engineer with country, bluegrass, and roots musicians earned him nine Grammy awards.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Bill Walker</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (May 26, natural causes, age 96): “Good night, Bill Walker!” was how Johnny Cash ended his ABC show every week in tribute to his music arranger, who also worked for a who’s who of country greats from Reeves to Arnold to Robbins.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Janice Walker Wendell</b> (January 13, cancer, age 79): the wife of E.W. “Bud” Wendell was a longtime board member of the CMA and marketing employee for Showbiz, the company behind the syndicated country TV shows in the 60s.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sonny West</b> (September 8, unknown cause, age 85): a member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets and co-writer of “Rave On” and Oh Boy.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Joel Whitburn</b> (June 14, illness, age 82): the guru of the music geeks, he turned a passion into the bible of reference books, the <i>Billboard</i> chart books. He was so synonymous with the works that they are simply referred to as “Whitburns.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Roland White</b> (April 1, heart attack, age 83): Bluegrass Hall of Fame member who worked in the Kentucky Colonels, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, and countless bluegrass and country performers. He frequently held court at the Station Inn in Sunday night bluegrass jams as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Whitehurst</b> (October 30, unknown cause, age 84): longtime session piano player in Nashville who also worked on <i>Hee Haw</i> and wrote the theme song to <i>Nashville Now</i>. His ex-wife, Bobbi Staff, also died in 2022.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tom Wilkerson</b> (April 7, unknown cause, age 86): longtime drummer who worked with the Opry Staff Band, played with Sonny James, Marty Robbins, and many others, and was the first country drummer to get an endorsement deal with Ludwig Drums.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mary Jane Thomas Williams</b> (March 22, complications from surgery, age 58): the wife of Hank Williams Jr.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>George Winn</b> (January 23, unknown cause, age 88): bluegrass mandolin player and leader of the Virginia Partners.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Frank Woodard</b> (January 29, unknown cause, age 76): longtime director of security for the Grand Ole Opry House.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Scotty Wray</b> (February 18, heart issues, age 64): the brother of country singer Collin Raye was also a member of The Wrays, who had charted singles in the 80s before Collin became a star on his own. He later became Miranda Lambert’s guitarist.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Gregory Brian Wright</b> (April 5, unknown cause, age 60): Sammy Keyshawn’s tour manager and sound engineer for 30 years.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>George Yanok</b> (April 29, lung cancer, age 83): Emmy-winning television writer whose credits included work on <i>Hee Haw</i> and <i>The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Shane Yellowbird</b> (May 2, unknown cause, age 42): one of the few indigenous country singers, he had a top 5 country hit in Canada with “Pickup Truck.”</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Leonard “L.T.” Zinn</b> (February 3, natural causes, age 97): 2005 inductee into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame who recorded as part of the 101 Ranch Boys in the 30s and 40s.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Farewell, and thank you for the music.</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-26739694547543912672022-12-14T14:18:00.000-05:002022-12-14T14:18:00.945-05:00Dates of Note in Country Music, December 16-31<div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">Category: News</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Country Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar WS=Western Swing; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient; RR=also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><strong><span>December 16:</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jeff Carson born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1964 (now 58)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Shelby Singleton born in Waskom, Texas, 1931 (died 2009)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jim Glaser of the Glaser Brothers born in Spalding, Nebraska, 1937 (died 2019)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jenny Lou Carson</b> (NS 71) died in Torrance, California (unknown causes), 1978 (was 63)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Martha Carson died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2004 (was 83)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gary Stewart died in Fort Pierce, Florida (suicide [gunshot]), 2003 (was 58)<br />Dan Fogelberg died in Deer Island, Maine (cancer), 2007 (was 56)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ray Price</b> (CM 96) died in Mount Pleasant, Texas (pancreatic cancer), 2013 (was 87)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span></span><strong><span>December 17:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Frankie Miller born in Victoria, Texas, 1931 (now 91)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Sharon White Skaggs born in Wichita Falls, Texas, 1953 (now 69) </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tracy Byrd born in Vidor, Texas, 1966 (now 56)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Karl Davis born in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, 1905 (died 1979)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Spade Cooley born in Grand, Oklahoma, 1910 (died 1969)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Nat Stuckey born in Cass County, Texas, 1933 (died 1988)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Roy Huskey Jr. born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1956 (died 1997)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rex Allen Sr. died in Tuscon, Arizona (accidentally run over by car), 1999 (was 77)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Lance LeRoy</b> (BG 00) died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2015 (was 84)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Commercial plane carrying Doug Stone crash-lands in Chicago, 1999. Stone was uninjured.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 18:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cledus T. Judd (<i>ne </i>James Poole) born in Crowe Springs, Georgia, 1964 (now 58)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Wilf Carter</b> (Montana Slim) (NS 71) born in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, 1904 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gordie Tapp died in Burlington, Ontario (pneumonia), 2016 (was 94)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Louvin Brothers' first recording session (they recorded "Alabama") at Castle Studios, Nashville, 1947</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 19:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Bang born in Long Beach, California, 1945 (now 77)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Janie Fricke born in South Whitney, Indiana, 1947 (now 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jumpin' Bill Carlisle</span> (CM 02) born in Wakefield, Kentucky, 1908 (died 2003)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Little Jimmy Dickens</span> (CM 83) born in Bolt, West Virginia, 1920 (died 2015)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Marion Worth died in Madison, Tennessee (emphysema), 1999 (was 69)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hank Williams' last show, given at the Skyline Club, Austin, Texas, 1952</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Paycheck shot a man outside a bar in Greenfield, Ohio, 1985</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 20:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Skeeter Willis of the Willis Brothers born in Colton, Oklahoma, 1917 (died 1976)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jack Stapp</span> (CM 89) died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 1980 (was 68)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don Law</span> (CM 01) died in LaMarque, Texas (unknown cause), 1982 (was 80)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hank Snow</span> (CM 79, NS 78) died in Nashville, Tennessee (various illnesses), 1999 (was 85)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Chip Young died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications from heart surgery), 2014 (was 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 21:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lee Roy Parnell born in Abilene, Texas, 1956 (now 66)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Christy Forrester of the Forester Sisters born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, 1962 (now 60)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Vito Pellettieri born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1889 (died 1977)<br />Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance born in Como, Mississippi, 1925 (died 2005)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Freddie Hart</b> (NS 04) born in Lockapoke, Alabama, 1926 (died 2018)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Natchee the Indian (<i>ne</i> Lester Vernon Storer) died in Santa Clara, California (unknown cause), 1970 (was 54)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Bailes of the Bailes brothers died (unknown cause), 1989 (was 71)<br />Harold Morrison died in Springfield, Missouri (illness), 1993 (was 62)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">K.T. Oslin died in Nashville, Tennessee (COVID-19/Parkinson's disease), 2020 (was 78)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 22:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Red Stegall born in Gainesville, Texas, 1938 (now 84)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Chuck Mead of BR5-49 born in Nevada, Missouri, 1960 (now 62)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Paul Martin of Exile born in Winchester, Kentucky, 1962 (now 60)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins born in Huntington, West Virginia, 1921 (died 1963)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dave Dudley died in Danbury, Wisconsin (heart attack), 2003 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Dennis Linde</b> (NS 01) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung disease), 2006 (was 63)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jimmy Work died in Dukedom, Tennessee (natural causes), 2018 (was 94)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">December 23:</span><br /><br />Murray "Buddy" Harman born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1928 (died 2008)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><strong><span>December 24:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lulu Belle Wiseman born in Boone, North Carolina, 1913 (died 1999)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Zane Beck</b> (StG 91) born in Clarksville, Arkansas, 1927 (died 1985)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jake Hess</b> (SG 97) born in Limestone County, Alabama, 1927 (died 2004)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Stoney Edwards born in Seminole, Oklahoma, 1929 (died 1997)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>William J. "Billy" Hill</b> (NS 82) died in Boston, Massachusetts (heart attack), 1940 (was 41)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlie Moore died in Maryland (illness), 1979 (was 44)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>J.D. Crowe</b> (BG 07) died in Nicholasville, Kentucky (pneumonia), 2021 (was 84)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>December 25</strong>:</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jimmy Buffett</b> (NS 06) born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barbara Mandrell</span> (CM 09, StG 09) born in Houston, Texas, 1948 (now 74)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Steve Wariner born in Noblesville, Indiana, 1954 (now 68)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alton Delmore</span> (CM 01, NS 71) born in Elkmont, Alabama, 1908 (died 1964)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>J.R. "Curly" Seckler</b> (BG 04) born in China Grove, North Carolina, 1919 (died 2017)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Tony Rice</b> (BG 13) died in Reidsville, North Carolina (unknown cause), 2020 (was 69)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy Nelson, Willie Nelson's son, died in Nashville, Tennessee (suicide [hanged self]), 1991 (was 33)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Cash and family robbed and held at gunpoint in their Jamaica home, 1982</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 26:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bob Carpenter of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Travis Lewis </b>of the <b>Lewis Family</b> (BG 06) born in Greenwood, South Carolina, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Audrey Wiggins born in Asheville, North Carolina, 1967 (now 55)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Beecher Ray "Pete" "Bashful Brother Oswald" Kirby born in Sevier County, Tennessee, 1911 (died 2002)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Harry Choates born in Rayne, Louisiana, 1911 (died 1951)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ronnie Prophet born in Calument, Quebec, 1938 (died 2018)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jimmie Osborne died in Louisville, Kentucky (suicide [gunshot]), 1957 (was 34)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Miggie Lewis</b> of the <b>Lewis Family</b> (BG 06) died in Augusta, Georgia (natural causes), 2017 (was 91)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Sleepy LaBeef died in Siolam Springs, Arkansas (natural causes), 2019 (was 84)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Red Foley and wife Sally injured in a fire in their apartment in Nashhville, 1964</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><strong><span>December 27:</span></strong></span><span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Les Taylor of Exile born in Oneida, Kentucky, 1948 (now 74)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Darrin Vincent of Dailey & Vincent born in Kirkville, Missouri, 1969 (now 53)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Leonard T. "LT" Zinn</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (StG 05) born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, 1924 (died 2022)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Scotty Moore (RR 00) born in Gadsden, Tennessee, 1931 (died 2016)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>John Hughey</b> (StG 96) born in Elaine, Arkansas, 1933 (died 2007)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bob Luman died in Nashville, Tennessee (pneumonia), 1978 (was 41)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Hoagy Carmichael</b> (NS 88) died in Rancho Mirage, California (heart ailment), 1981 (was 82)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Kent Robbins</b><span> (NS 98) died in Clanton, Alabama (car wreck), 1997 (was 50)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Vestal Goodman</b><span> (SG 02) died in Celebration, Florida (complications from the flu), 2003 (was 74)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland died in Orange Park, Florida (staph infection), 2004 (was 74)</span><br /><b>J.R. "Curly" Seckler</b><span> (BG 04) died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2017 (was 98)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>December 28:</strong></span><br /><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mike McGuire of Shenandoah born in Haleyville, Alabama, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Marty Roe of Diamond Rio born in Lebanon, Ohio, 1960 (now 62)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dorsey Burnette born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1932 (died 1979)</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Joe Diffie born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1958 (died 2020)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Mike Auldridge</b> (BG 14) died in Silver Spring, Maryland (cancer), 2012 (was 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hank Williams Jr.'s first recording session at age 14, 1963</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 29:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rose Lee Maphis born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1922 (died 2021)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ed Bruce born in Keiser, Arkansas, 1939 (died 2021)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>December 30:</strong><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Suzy Bogguss born in Aledo, Illinois, 1956 (now 66)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Joaquin Murphey </b>(StG 80) born in Hollywood, California, 1923 (died 1999)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bob Ferguson born in Willow Spring, Missouri, 1927 (died 2001)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Orville "Red" Rhodes</b> (StG 05) born in Alton, Illinois, 1930 (died 1995)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Skeeter Davis (<i>nee</i> Mary Frances Penick) born in Dry Ridge, Kentucky, 1931 (died 2004)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Melvin Goins</b> (BG 09) born in Bramwell, West Virginia, 1933 (died 2016)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>John Hartford</b> (BG 10) born in New York, New York, 1937 (died 2001)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Mike Auldridge</b> (BG 14) born in Washington, DC, 1938 (died 2012)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Michael Nesmith born in Houston, Texas, 1942 (died 2021)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Elsie McWilliams</b> (NS 79) died in Meridian, Mississippi (natural causes), 1985 (was 89)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Henry Strzelecki died in Nashville, Tennessee (hit by car), 2014 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span><br /></span><strong><span>December 31:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Talmadge Lewis</b> of the <b>Lewis Family</b> (BG 06) born in Lincolnton, Georgia, 1934 (now 88)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rex Allen Sr. born in Wilcox, Arizona, 1920 (died 1999)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dale Noe born in New Boston, Ohio, 1927 (died 2005)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Denver born in Roswell, New Mexico, 1943 (died 1997)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rick Nelson died in DeKalb, Texas (plane crash), 1985 (was 45)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Floyd Cramer</span> (CM 03) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 1997 (was 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jim McReynolds</b> of <b>Jim & Jesse</b> (BG 93) died in Gallatin, Tennessee (cancer), 2002 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Hairl Hensley</b> (DJ 95) died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2017 (was 82)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ray Sawyer died in Daytona Beach, Florida (brief illness), 2019 (was 81)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlie Louvin injured in car accident near Manchester, Tennessee, 2001<br />The original Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum building closed, 2000</span><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-83044392991328118912022-11-30T20:36:00.001-05:002022-12-14T14:16:59.335-05:00Dates of Note in Country Music, December 1-15<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Category: Almanac</b></span></p><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">(Hall of Fame members in <b>bold</b> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Country Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; WS=Western Swing; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient; RR=country performer also in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 1:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Darryl Ellis born in Norfolk, Virginia, 1964 (now 58)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Silm Willet born in Dublin, Texas, 1919 (died 1966)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Jim Nesbitt born in Bishopville, South Carolina, 1931 (died 2007)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Fred Rose</b> (CM 61, NS 70) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart failure), 1954 (was 57)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Carter Stanley</b> (BG 92) died in Bristol, Tennessee (cirrhosis of the liver), 1966 (was 41)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 2:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">John Wesley Ryles born in Bastrop, Louisiana, 1950 (now 72)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Herman Crook born in Scottsboro, Tennessee, 1898 (died 1988)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Marvin Hughes died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 1986 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Mark Gray died in Lebanon, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2016 (was 64) </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">"Tennessee Waltz" recorded by Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart, 1947</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 3:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Paul Gregg of Restless Heart born in New York, New York, 1954 (now 68)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Ferlin Husky</b> (CM 10) born in Flat River, Missouri, 1927 (died 2011)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Rabon Delmore</b> (CM 01, NS 71) born in Dothan, Alabama, 1916 (died 1952)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Hubert Long</b> (CM 79) born in Poteet, Texas, 1923 (died 1972)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Lew Childre died in Foley, Albama (various health issues), 1961 (was 60)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Grady Martin died (heart attack), 2001 (was 72)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Homer Bailes of the Bailes Brothers died in Ruston, Louisiana (natural causes), 2013 (was 91)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Bob Wills recorded "What Makes Bob Holler," 1973. He suffered a stroke during the night after the recording session and never spoke or sang again.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 4:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chris Hillman born in Los Angeles, California, 1944 (now 78)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Rabon Delmore</b> (CM 01, NS 71) died in Athens, Alabama (lung cancer), 1952 (was 36)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Connie B. Gay</b> (CM 80) died in Fairfax, Virginia (cancer), 1989 (was 75)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Bob Montgomery died in Lee's Summit, Missouri (Parkinson's disease), 2014 (was 77)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Stonewall Jackson died in Nashville, Tennessee (vascular dementia), 2021 (was 89)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Eddy Arnold's first record session as a solo artist, 1944</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Sun Records' "Million Dollar Quartet" of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis record together, 1956</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Connie B. Gay elected inaugural president of the Country Music Association, 1958</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 5:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Jim Messina of Poco born in Harlingen, Texas, 1947 (now 75)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Ty England born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1963 (now 59)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Ray Whitley</b> (NS 81) born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1901 (died 1979)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Eddie Alkire</b> (Steel Guitar 83) born in Hacker, West Virginia, 1907 (died 1981)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Michael "Bea" Lilly</b> (BG 02) born in Clear Creek, West Virginia, 1921 (died 2005)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Don Robertson</b> (NS 72) born in Peking, China, 1922 (died 2015)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Molly O'Day died in Huntington, West Virginia (cancer), 1987 (was 64)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Wilf Carter</b> (Montana Slim) (NS 71) died in Scottsdale, Arizona (stomach cancer), 1996 (was 91)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">The soundtrack to <i>O Brother, Where Art Thou</i> released, 2000</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 6:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Helen Cornelius born in Hannibal, Missouri, 1941 (now 81)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Bill Lloyd of Foster & Lloyd born in Ft. Hood, Texas, 1955 (now 67)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Hugh Farr</b> (CM 80) born in Llano, Texas, 1903 (died 1980)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Eddie Alkire</b> (StG 83) born in Hacker Valley, West Virginia, 1907 (died 1981)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Jim Eanes born in Mountain Valley, Virginia, 1923 (died 1995)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Huddie "Lead Belly" Leadbetter</b> (NS 80) died in New York, New York (Lou Gehrig's Disease), 1949 (was 60)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Roy Orbison</b> (NS 87) died in Hendersonville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1989 (was 52)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Peter Cooper died in Nashville, Tennessee (head injuries suffered in a fall), 2022 (was 52)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 7:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bobby Osborne</b><span> (BG 94) born in Hyden, Kentucky, 1931 (now 91)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Gary Morris born in Fort Worth, Texas, 1948 (now 74)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Ronnie Sessions born in Henrietta, Oklahoma, 1948 (now 74)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Slim Bryant born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1908 (died 2010)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Don Maddox born in Boaz, Alabama, 1923 (died 2021)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hugh X. Lewis born in Yeaddiss, Kentucky, 1932 (died 2020)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Darrell Glenn born in Waco, Texas, 1935 (died 1990)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Dawn Sears born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1961 (died 2014)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Bill Boyd died in Dallas, Texas (unknown cause), 1977 (was 67)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 8:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Marty Raybon born in Stanford, Florida, 1959 (now 62)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Jack Stapp</b> (CM 89) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1912 (died 1980)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Floyd Tillman</b> (CM 83, NS 70) born in Ryan, Oklahoma, 1914 (died 2003)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Marty Robbins</b> (CM 82, NS 75) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1982 (was 57)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Bonnie Lou (Mary Joan Kath) died in Cincinnati, Ohio (natural causes), 2015 (was 91)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 9:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Billy Edd Wheeler</b> (NS 00) born in Whitesville, Virginia, 1932 (now 90)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">David Kersh born in Humble, Texas, 1970 (now 52)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">David Houston born in Bossier City, Louisiana, 1938 (died 1993)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Tommy Jackson died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 1979 (was 53)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 10:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Johnny Rodriguez born in Sabinal, Texas, 1951 (now 71)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Eddie Miller</b> (NS 75) born in Camargo, Oklahoma, 1919 (died 1977)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Roy Ayers</b> (StG 07) born in Columbus, Mississippi, 1929 (died 2012)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Jimmy Riddle died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 1982 (was 64)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>John Duffey</b> (BG 96, BG 14) died (heart attack), 1996 (was 62)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Faron Young</b> (CM 00) died in Nashville, Tennessee (suicide [gunshot]), 1996 (was 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Leon Rhodes died in Nashville, Tennessee (long illness), 2017 (was 85)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Michael Nesmith died in Carmel Valley, California (heart failure), 2021 (was 78) </span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Before the evening's WSM Barn Dance began, announcer George D. Hay commented, "For the past hour, you've been listening to selections taken from grand opera. Now we present Grand Ole Opry," 1927.</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 11:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Brenda Lee</b> (CM 97, RR 02; GLA 09) born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1944 (now 78)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Charles Whitstein born in Colfax, Louisiana, 1945 (now 77)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Arthur Q. Smith (<i>ne</i> James Arthur Pritchett) born in Griffin, Georgia, 1909 (died 1963)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Cousin Jody (<i>ne</i> James Summey) born in Sevierville, Tennessee, 1914 (died 1975)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Tom Brumley</b> (StG 92) born in Stella, Missouri, 1935 (died 2009)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Fiddlin' John Carson died in Atlanta, Georgia (natural causes), 1949 (was 81)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Dawn Sears died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 2014 (was 53)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Jack Scott died in Warren, Michigan (congestive heart failure), 2019 (was 83)</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Commercial plane with Tex Ritter aboard as a passenger hijacked to Cuba, 1968</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 12:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">LaCosta Tucker born in Seminole, Texas, 1951 (now 71)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Shelton Hank Williams (Hank III) born in Houston, Texas, 1972 (now 50)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Maurice Anderson</b> (StG 06) born in Dallas, Texas, 1934 (died 2013)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Clifton Chenier died in Lafayette, Louisiana (kidney disease related to diabetes), 1987 (was 62)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Charley Pride</b> (CM 00, GLA 20) died in Dallas, Texas (COVID-19), 2020 (was 86)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 13:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Buck White born in Oklahoma, 1930 (now 92)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Randy Owen</b> of <b>Alabama</b> (CM 05) born in Fort Payne, Alabama, 1949 (now 73)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>John Anderson</b> (NS 14) born in Orlando, Florida, 1954 (now 68)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Wesley Tuttle born in Lamar, Colorado, 1917 (died 2003)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Wayne Walker</b> (NS 75) born in Quapaw, Oklahoma, 1925 (died 1979)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Millie Kirkham of the Anita Kerr Singers died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications of a stroke), 2015 (was 91)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman wed, 1934</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 14:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>DeFord Bailey</b> (CM 05) born in Smith County, Tennessee, 1899 (died 1982)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Walter Haynes</b> (StG 03) born in Kingsport, Tennessee, 1928 (died 2009)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Charlie Rich born in Forest City, Arkansas, 1932 (died 1995)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Billie Jo Spears died in Vidor, Texas (cancer), 2011 (was 73)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>December 15:</b></span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><br />Doug Phelps of Kentucky Headhunters born in Leachville, Arkansas, 1960 (now 62)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;"><b>Alvin Pleasant Carter</b> (CM 70, NS 70, BG 01; GLA 05) born in Maces Spring, Virginia, 1891 (died 1960)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Jerry Wallace born in Guilford, Missouri, 1928 (died 2008)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: arial; font-kerning: none; font-size: medium;">Ernie Ashworth born in Huntsville, Alabama, 1928 (died 2009)</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Nudie Cohn (<i>ne</i> Nuta Kotlyarenko) born in Kiev, Ukraine, 1902 (died 1984)<br />William Eugene "Red" Rector born in Marshall, North Carolina, 1929 (died 1990)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Jerry Chesnut</b> (NS 92) died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2018 (was 87)</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hank Williams married Audrey Guy, 1944</span>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-71601964676214930812022-11-13T20:58:00.000-05:002022-11-13T20:58:30.150-05:00Dates of Note in Country Music, November 16-30<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Category: Almanac</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Country Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG= Steel Guitar; WS=Western Swing; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient; RR=country singer also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 16:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Troy Seals</b> (NS 88) born in Bill Hill, Kentucky, 1938 (now 84)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Larry Cordel born in Cordell, Kentucky, 1949 (now 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Will Goleman of the Cactus Brothers born in Shreveport, Louisiana, 1963 (now 59)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ernest Tubb biographer Ronnie Pugh born in Texas, year unknown</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>W.C. Handy</b> (NS 83) born in Florence, Alabama, 1873 (died 1958)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Gene Sullivan</b> (NS 71) born in Carbon Hill, Alabama, 1914 (died 1984)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Earl Bolick born in Hickory, North Carolina, 1919 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Sol Ho'opi'i</b> (StG 79) died in Seattle, Washington (extended illness), 1953 (was 48)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>J.D. Sumner</b> (SG 97) died in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (heart attack), 1998 (was 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mentor Williams died in Taos, New Mexico (unknown cause), 2016 (was 70)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 17:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gordon Lightfoot born in Orilla, Ontario, Canada, 1938 (now 84). The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame member has written such hits as Marty Robbins' "Ribbon of Darkness" and Bill Anderson's "Did She Mention My Name," and a number of his own recordings have made the country chart.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Wiley Walker</b> (NS 71) born in Laurel Hill, Florida, 1911 (died 1966)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Eva Foley (</span><span>Red Foley</span><span>'s wife) </span><span>died in Nashville, Tennessee (suicide), 1951 (was 33)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don Gibson</span> (CM 01, NS 73) died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2003 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ramona Jones died in Goodlettesville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2015 (was 91)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>November 18</strong>:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John McFee of Southern Pacific born in Santa Cruz, California, 1953 (now 69)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jessi Alexander born in Jackson, Tennessee, 1976 (now 46)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Doug Sahm died in Taos, New Mexico (heart attack), 1999 (was 58)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>John Hughey</b> (StG 96) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart disease), 2007 (was 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 19:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jerry Foster</b> (NS 94) born in Tallapoosa, Missouri, 1935 (now 87)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Joe Falcon died (unknown cause), 1965 (was 65). Falcon is credited with making the first recording of a Cajun song in 1928 with "Allons a Lafayette."</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bobby Russell</b> (NS 94) died in Nicholasville, Kentucky (coronary artery disease), 1992 (was 52)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Buford Abner</b> of the <b>Swanee River Boys</b> (SG 02) died in Ashland, Alabama (natural causes), 2011 (was 94)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Mel Tillis</b> (CM 07, NS 76) died in Ocala, Florida (respiratory failure), 2017 (was 85)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 20:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Roger Murrah</b> (NS 05) born in Athens, Alabama, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">George Grantham of Poco and Ricky Skaggs' band born in Cordell, Oklahoma, 1947 (now 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Josh Turner born in Hannah, South Carolina, 1977 (now 45)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eck Robertson born in Madison County, Arkansas, 1897 (died 1975)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Judy Canova born in Starke, Florida, 1913 (died 1983)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Curly Putman</b> (NS 76) born in Princeton, Alabama, 1930 (died 2016)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">RCA buys the contract of Elvis Presley from Sun Records for $35,000, 1955</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>N</strong><strong>ovember 21</strong>:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jean Shepard</b> (CM 11) born in Paul Valley, Oklahoma, 1933 (died 2016)<br />Joe Carson born in Holliday, Texas, 1936 (died 1964)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jim Eanes died in Martinsville, Virginia (congestive heart failure), 1995 (was 71)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bill Vernon</b> (BG 04) died in Rocky Mount, Virginia (asthma-induced heart attack), 1996 (was 59)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bob White</b> (StG 90) died in Ft. Smith, Arkansas (unknown cause), 2003 (was 70)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Charlie Cline</b> (BG 09) died in Jasper, Alabama (long-term illness), 2004 (was 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Paul Yandell, C.G.P. died in Hendersonville, Tennessee (cancer), 2011 (was 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlie Daniels refused to play the "Country Freedom Concert" after being told not to perform "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag," 2001</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 22:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Hoagy Carmichael</b> (NS 88) born in Bloomington, Indiana, 1899 (died 1981)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Wiley Post born in Grand Saline, Texas, 1899 (died 1935)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Doye O'Dell born in Plainview, Texas, 1912 (died 2001)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ted Harris</b> (NS 90) died in Lewisburg, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2015 (was 78)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">First Disc Jockey Convention held in Nashville, 1952</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan married, 1986</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 23:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Charlie Black</b><span> (NS 91) born in Cheverly, Maryland, 1949 (died 2021)</span></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlie Sizemore born in Richmond, Kentucky, 1960 (now 61)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jerry Sullivan born in Wagarville, Alabama, 1933 (died 2014)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Spade Cooley died in Oakland, California (heart attack), 1969 (was 58)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Grady Nutt died in Vinemont, Alabama (plane crash), 1982 (was 48)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roy Acuff</span> (CM 62, GLA 87) died in Nashville, Tennessee (congestive heart failure), 1992 (was 89)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Smokey Rogers died (unknown cause), 1993 (was 76)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Hal Ketchum died in Nashville, Tennessee (dementia), 2020 (was 67)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>November 24</strong>:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Carver born in Jackson, Mississippi, 1940 (now 82)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Steve Nelson</b> (NS 73) born in New York, New York, 1907 (died 1981)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Stoney Edwards born in Seminole, Oklahoma, 1929 (died 1997)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Johnny Sibert</b><span> (StG 98) born in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1933 (died 2013)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Teddy Wilburn died in Nashville, Tennessee (congestive heart failure), 2003 (was 71)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b>Charlie Douglas</b> (DJ 94) died in Covington, Louisiana (unknown cause), 2011 (was 78)<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Wanted! The Outlaws</span> by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, and Jessi Colter certified platinum, making it the first certified platinum country music album in history, 1976</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 25:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Amy Grant born in Augusta, Georgia, 1960 (now 62)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Eddie Stubbs</b> (DJ 12, BG 20) born in Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1961 (now 61)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Biff Collie born in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1926 (died 1992)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Kayton Roberts</b> (StG 12) born in Ona, Florida, 1933 (died 2017)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ralph Emery debuted on WSM in overnight slot, 1957</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 26:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Hal Blair</b> (NS 03) born in Kansas City, Missouri, 1915 (died 2001)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 27:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Eddie Rabbitt</b> (NS 98) born in Brooklyn, New York, 1941 (died 1998)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Charlene Arthur died in Idaho (atherosclerosis)</span><span class="Apple-style-span">, 1987 (was 58)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">November 28:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">WSM Barn Dance (later known as the Grand Ole Opry) born, 1925 (now 96)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>A.L. "Doodle" Owens</b> (NS 99) born in Waco, Texas, 1930 (died 1999)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Carrie Rodgers, widow of </span><span>Jimmie Rodgers</span><span>, died in San Antonio, Texas (cancer), 1961</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>November 29:</strong></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Joel Whitburn born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1938 (died 2022)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jody Miller born in Phoenix, Arizona, 1941 (died 2022)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Merle Travis</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> (CM 77, NS 70) born in Rosewood, Kentucky, 1917 (died 1983)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jim Nesbitt died in Florence, South Carolina (heart ailment), 2007 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><strong><span>November 30:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jeannie Kendall born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1954 (now 68)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Teddy Wilburn born in Hardy, Arkansas, 1931 (died 2003)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Bob Moore born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1932 (died 2021)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Jack Reno born in Bloomfield, Iowa, 1935 (died 2008)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mindy McCready born in Ft. Myers, Florida, 1975 (died 2013)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">David Houston died in Bossier City, Louisiana (brain aneurysm), 1993 (was 54)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Howard "Happy" Goodman</b> (SG 03) died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2002 (was 81)</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-72269589454338526122022-11-08T21:42:00.003-05:002022-11-08T21:42:57.120-05:00Playing All My Favorite Memories<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Category: News/Obituary</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For the third time in five weeks we have to say goodbye to a Country Music Hall of Fame member. This time, it’s Jeff Cook.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cook, the fiddler/lead guitarist in the band Alabama, died Monday (11/7) at his home in Destin, Florida. He had been battling Parkinson’s disease for years, which had forced him to retire from touring with the band in 2017. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of three cousins from the Sand Mountain region of northeastern Alabama (the same area that gave us other Hall of Famers Ira and Charlie Louvin and Alton and Rabon Delmore), Jeff Cook was born in Fort Payne on August 27, 1949. The cousins began under the name Wild Country in 1969, playing throughout the southeast (with a special affection for Myrtle Beach) before changing their name to match their home state. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the breakup of the Eagles in 1980, Alabama stepped in to fill the shoes for fans of country-rock with tight harmonies. They had crossover appeal (with “Love in the First Degree,” “Feels So Right,” and “The Closer You Get” making the <i>Billboard</i> pop top 40), but they <u>owned</u> country music in the 80s. They had an unbelievable 21 consecutive #1 hits, a string that began with “Tennessee River” in 1980 and ended when 1987’s “Tar Top” “only” made it to #7. (Don’t feel too bad, though, because nine of their next ten singles hit the top spot, too.) </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to the Whitburn, their biggest hit was 1990’s “Jukebox in My Mind,” which contained that subtle nod to Ernest Tubb’s signature guitar riff after the line “It’s playing all my favorite memories.” </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alabama was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and Cook received the honor of induction into the Musicians’ Hall of Fame in 2019. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeff Cook was 73.</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-5851046173727263192022-10-31T18:47:00.004-04:002022-11-08T21:27:08.530-05:00Dates of Note in Country Music, November 1-15<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Category: Almanac</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Country Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; WS=Western Swing; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; RR=country performer also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 1:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bill Anderson</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> (CM 01, NS 75) born in Columbia, South Carolina, 1937 (now 85)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Keith Stegall born in Wichita Falls, Texas, 1954 (now 68)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lyle Lovett born in Klein, Texas, 1957 (now 65)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lew Childre born in Opp, Alabama, 1901 (died 1961)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Buddy Killen died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2006 (was 73)<br />Jack Reno died in Florence, Kentucky (brain cancer), 2008 (was 72)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jan Crutchfield died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2012 (was 74)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dave Rowland of Dave & Sugar died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 2018 (was 74)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 2:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">John David Souther born in Detroit, Michigan, 1945 (now 77)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Earl Yager</b> of the <b>Johnson Mountain Boys</b> (BG 20) born in Gordonsville, Virginia, 1953 (now 69)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">k.d. lang born in Consort, Alberta, 1961 (now 61)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlie Walker born in Copeville, Texas, 1926 (died 2008)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Elaine Tubb, former wife of Ernest Tubb and subject of the song "Blue-Eyed Elaine," died in Nashville, Tennessee, 2001 (was 85)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tommy Overstreet died in Hillsboro, Oregon (heart disease/lung disease), 2015 (was 78)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>November 3:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><strong><br /></strong></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Fabor Robison born in Beebe, Arkansas, 1911 (died 1986)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Leon Huff born in Whitesboro, Texas, 1912 (died 1952)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Maddox of the Maddox Brothers & Rose born in Boaz, Alabama, 1915 (died 1968)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ray Edenton born in Mineral, Virginia, 1926 (died 2022)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kay Starr died in Beverly Hills, California (Alzheimer's disease), 2016 (was 94)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The first inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame -- Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, and Hank Williams -- announced, 1961</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Merle Haggard paroled from San Quentin prison, 1960</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 4:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kim Forrester born in Oglethorpe, Georgia, 1960 (now 62)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Will Rogers born near Oologah, Oklahoma, 1879 (died 1935)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Audrey Williams died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 1975 (was 52)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dale Noe died in Phoenix, Arizona (unknown cause), 2004 (was 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 5:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lowell Blanchard born in Palmer, Illinois, 1910 (died 1968). Blanchard was the program director at WNOX in the 1930's and began the Midday Merry-Go-Round.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roy Rogers</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> (<i>ne</i> Leonard Slye) (CM 80 and 88) born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1911 (died 1998)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roy Horton</span> (CM 82) born in Broad Top, Pennsylvania, 1914 (died 2003)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Billy Sherrill</b><span> (CM 10, NS 84) born in Phil Campbell, Alabama, 1936 (died 2015)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gram Parsons born in Winter Haven, Florida, 1946 (died 1973)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Horton died in Milano, Texas (car wreck), 1960 (was 35)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmie Davis</span> (CM 72, NS 71) died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (natural causes), 2000 (was 101)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dorothy Southworth Ritter died in Woodland Hills, California (natural causes), 2003 (was 88)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Author/biographer Patsi Bale-Cox died in Nashville, Tennessee (emphysema), 2011 (was 66)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Roy Acuff Jr. died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2015 (was 72)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 6:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Stonewall Jackson born in Emerson, North Carolina, 1932 (died 2021)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Guy Clark</b> (NS 04) born in Monahan, Texas, 1941 (died 2016)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Doug Sahm born in San Antonio, Texas, 1941 (died 1999)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Glenn Frey of the Eagles born in Detroit, Michigan, 1948 (died 2016)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hank Thompson</span> (CM 89, NS 97) died in Fort Worth, Texas (lung cancer), 2007 (was 82)<br />Elvis Presley became a member of Louisiana Hayride, 1954</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 7:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Robin Lee born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1953 (now 69)<br />Red Ingle born in Toledo, Ohio, 1906 (died 1965)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Archie Campbell born in Bull's Gap, Tennessee, 1914 (died 1987)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Howard "Happy" Goodman</b> (SG 98) born in northeast Alabama, 1921 (died 2002)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A.P. Carter</span> (CM 70, NS 70) died in Kingsport, Tennessee (heart ailment), 1960 (was 68)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gene Wooten died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2001 (was 49)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Jeff Cook</b> of <b>Alabama</b> (CM 06) died in Destin, Florida (Parkinson’s disease), 2022 (was 73)<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Red Foley's daughter, Shirley, married Pat Boone, 1953</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Marty Robbins participated in his final NASCAR race, 1982</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><strong><span>November 8:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Patti Page (Clara Fowler) born in Claremore, Oklahoma, 1927 (died 2013)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Scotty Wiseman</b> (NS 71) born in Ingalls, North Carolina, 1909 (died 1981)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ivory Joe Hunter died in Memphis, Tennessee (lung cancer), 1974 (was 60). A number of the R&B singer/songwriter's songs were turned into country hits by Sonny James, including "Since I Met You, Baby" and "Empty Arms."</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bobby Caldwell</b> (StG 10) died in St. Louis, Missouri (cancer), 2009 (was 68)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlie Dick died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2015 (was 81)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 9:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">George D. Hay</span> (CM 66) born in Attica, Indiana, 1895 (died 1968)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Curly Fox born in Graysville, Tennessee, 1910 (died 1995)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">James "Spider" Rich, co-writer of "Yakety Sax," died (unknown cause), 2003 (was 80)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>November 10:</strong><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Donna Fargo (Yvonne Vaughn) born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, 1940 (now 82)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Pat Severs of Pirates of the Mississippi born in Elmira, New York, 1952 (now 70)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul Cohen</span> (CM 76) born in Chicago, Illinois, 1908 (died 1970)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Buford Abner</b> of the <b>Swanee River Boys</b> (SG 02) born in Lineville, Alabama, 1917 (died 2011)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Onie Wheeler born in Senath, Missouri, 1921 (died 1984)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dave "Stringbean" Akeman died in Ridgetop, Tennessee (murdered), 1973 (was 58)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Arnim "Curly" Fox died in Graysville, Tennessee (natural causes), 1995 (was 85)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The <em>Edmund Fitzgerald</em> sank in Lake Superior, killing all 29 aboard, 1975. The shipwreck inspired Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 pop/country/folk hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span></span><strong><span>November 11:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><strong><span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Narvel Felts born near Keiser, Arkansas, 1938 (now 84)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland born in Cow Pens, South Carolina, 1930 (died 2004)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Don Stover</b> (BG 02) died in Brandywine, Maryland (cancer), 1996 (was 68)<br />Wade Ray died in Sparta, Illinois (illness), 1998 (was 85)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Mary Reeves Davis, widow of Jim Reeves and manager of Jim Reeves Enterprises and the Jim Reeves Museum, died in Nashville, Tennessee (Alzheimer's disease), 1999 (was 70)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span></span><strong><span>November 12:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><strong><span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Barbara Fairchild born in Lafe, Arkansas, 1950 (now 72)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jerry Kilgore born in Tillamook, Oregon, 1964 (now 58)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jo Stafford born in Coalinga, California, 1917 (died 2008). The pop singer was the girl singer on Red Ingle & Natural Seven's hit "Tem-Tay-Shun."</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Lair, Renfro Valley Barn Dance founder, died in Mount Vernon, Kentucky (natural causes), 1985 (was 91)<br />Homer and Jethro's legendary live album <span style="font-style: italic;">At the Country Club</span> recorded in Nashville, 1959</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Groundbreaking ceremonies held for construction of the Grand Ole Opry House (current home of the Opry), 1971</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The IRS confiscated Willie Nelson's belongings as payment for his tax bill, 1990</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span></span><strong><span>November 13:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span>R</span><span>ay Wylie Hubbard born in Soper, Oklahoma, 1946 (now 76)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jack Guthrie born in Olive, Oklahoma, 1915 (died 1948)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Buddy Killen born in Florence, South Carolina, 1932 (died 2006)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. died near Hernando, Mississippi (car wreck), 1973 (was 20)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Steve Nelson</b> (NS 73) died (unknown cause), 1981 (was 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Alvin "Junior" Samples died in Cumming, Georgia (heart attack), 1983 (was 57)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Doug Supernaw died in Texas (bladder and lung cancer), 2020 (was 60)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><strong><span>November 14:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Gretchen Peters </b>(NS 14) born in Bronxville, New York, 1957 (now 65)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ken Carson born in Coalgate, Oklahoma, 1914 (died 1994)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Noel Boggs</b> (StG 81) born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1917 (died 1974)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Robert Whitstein died in Colfax, Louisiana (heart attack), 2001 (was 57)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><strong><span>November 15:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jack Ingram born in Houston, Texas, 1970 (now 51)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">C.W. McCall (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">ne</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">William Fries) born in Audubon, Iowa, 1928 (died 2022)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Albert E. Brumley</b> (NS 70, SG 97) died in Powell, Missouri (unknown cause), 1977 (was 72)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Speedy West </b>(StG 81) died in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (unknown cause), 2003 (was 79)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Holly Dunn died in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ovarian cancer), 2016 (was 59)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Roy Clark</b> (CM 09) died in Tulsa, Oklahoma (pneumonia), 2018 (was 85)</span></span></div></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-89781323072765634002022-10-28T20:57:00.005-04:002022-10-28T21:00:22.161-04:00Whose Barn? What Barn? My Barn!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Category: News/Obituary</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Killer has died.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the “Mount Rushmore of Rock and Roll” members, died today (10/28) at his ranch in Nesbit, Mississippi. His passing came twelve days after his formal induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hailing from Louisiana, Lewis was raised in a Pentecostal home. He was kicked out of a church-related school after he performed a “My God Is Real” in a “boogie-woogie” style. That incident seemed to set his feet on the path that his life took: a man deeply rooted in his faith, yet playing what even he himself described as “the devil’s music.” </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lewis had so many controversies in his career that he would have <i>destroyed</i> Twitter (not just “melted” or “broke” it) had it been around in the 50s. Far wilder than Elvis or any of the other rockabilly acts, his wild piano playing and delivery of songs like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” (and that memorable shout of “whose barn? What barn? My barn!”) earned him popularity among the teenagers and caused concern among the parents. When he married his 13-year-old cousin once removed in 1957, the outrage all but destroyed his career. Add to that seven marriages, an IRS tax problem, and even being arrested at Graceland and it’s obvious that he was rock’s original bad boy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, Lewis came back eventually…in country music. He had a slew of country hits (if you tally his top 40 pop versus top 40 country chart successes you’ll see he had far more <i>country</i> hits than rock hits, 45 country versus just <i>six</i> rock), earning him a new generation of fans. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lewis was part of the original Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction class in 1986. Despite his overwhelming success in country music, he wasn’t inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame until this year. While he was able to make the announcement ceremony in May, he wrote that he was bedridden with the flu and was too ill to attend the medallion ceremony on October 16. Longtime friend and fellow Hall of Famer Kris Kristofferson accepted the medallion on Lewis’s behalf. Lewis later posted a photo of Kristofferson presenting the award to Lewis at home. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lewis’s cousin, Mickey Gilley, died earlier this year. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Farewell to “The Killer,” who had just turned 87 on September 29.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-24515174068814709632022-10-12T20:14:00.003-04:002022-10-31T18:48:00.977-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, October 16-31<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Category: Almanac</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Country Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; WS=Western Swing; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient; RR=also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 16:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jim Ed Norman born in Ft. Myers, Florida, 1948 (now 74)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Stoney Cooper born in Harman, West Virginia, 1918 (died 1977)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Doyle Wilburn died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 1982 (was 52)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Don Reno</b> (BG 92) died in Charlottesville, Virginia (post-operative complications), 1984 (was 58)<br /><b>Danny Dill</b> (NS 75) died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2008 (was 84)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Johnny Bush died in San Antonio, Texas (pneumonia), 2020 (was 85)<br />Naomi Judd retired from touring because of health issues, 1990</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ralph Stanley Museum opened, 2004</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 17:</strong><br /><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Alan Jackson</b> (CM 17, NS 11) born in Newman, Georgia, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Earl Thomas Conley born in Portsmouth, Ohio, 1941 (died 2019)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tennessee Ernie</span> <b>Ford</b> (CM 90) died in Reston, Virginia (liver disease), 1991 (was 72)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jay Livingston died in Los Angeles, California (pneumonia), 2001 (was 86). Among the songwriter's many credits were "Bonanza!," which Johnny Cash recorded, and "The Hanging Tree," which Marty Robbins recorded.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bashful Brother Oswald (Beecher Ray Kirby) died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2002 (was 90)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bob Kingsley</b> (DJ 98) died in Weatherford, Texas (bladder cancer), 2019 (was 80)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 18:</strong><br /><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Keith Knudsen of Southern Pacific born in Ames, Iowa, 1952 (now 70)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Chuck Berry</b> (NS 82, RR 86; GLA 84) born in San Jose, California, 1926 (died 2017)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Harty Taylor of Karl & Harty died (stroke), 1963 (was 58)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Don Hecht died in Miami, Florida (heart attack), 2002 (was 72)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Paul Craft </b>(NS 14) died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2014 (was 76)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hank Williams married Billie Jean Jones in Minden, Louisiana, 1952. After Williams' death, she would marry Johnny Horton.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><strong><span>October 19:</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jeannie C. Riley born in Anson, Texas, 1945 (now 77)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Charlie Chase born in Rogersville, Tennessee, 1952 (now 70)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Arthur E. "Uncle Art" Satherley</span> (CM 71) born in Bristol, England, 1889 (died 1986)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Don Parmley of the Bluegrass Cardinals born in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, 1933 (died 2016)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grant Turner</span> (CM 81) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart failure), 1991 (was 79)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The first CMA Awards were held in Nashville, 1967. The awards show was not televised.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 20:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Wanda Jackson born in Maud, Oklahoma, 1937 (now 85)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Stuart Hamblin</b> (NS 70) born in Kellyville, Texas, 1908 (died 1989)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Louis "Grandpa" Jones</span> (CM 78) born in Niagara, Kentucky, 1913 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kenny Seratt born in Manilla, Arkansas, 1934 (died 2015)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Merle Travis</span> (CM 77, NS 70) died in Tahlequah, Oklahoma (heart attack), 1983 (was 65)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Leon Ashley died in Hendersonville, Tennessee (illness), 2013 (was 77)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rounder Records founded by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin, and Marian Leighton, 1970. Mr. Nowlin says this "birth" of Rounder is based on the date of their first invoice.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 21:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Steve Cropper</span> (NS 10) born in Willow Springs, Missouri, 1941 (now 81)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Owen Bradley</span> (CM 74) born in Westmoreland, Tennessee, 1915 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bill Black died in Memphis, Tennessee (brain tumor), 1965 (was 39)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mel Street born in Grundy, Virginia, 1933 (died 1978)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mel Street died in Hendersonville, Tennessee (suicide), 1978 (45th birthday)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonny Burns died in Nacogdoches, Texas (unknown cause), 1992 (was 62)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Leona Johnson Atkins, member of WLW's Johnson Twins and widow of </span><span>Chet Atkins</span><span>, died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2009 (was 85)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 22:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Shelby Lynn born in Quantico, Virginia, 1968 (now 52)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Curly Chalker</b> (StG 85) born in Enterprise, Alabama, 1931 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Leon Chappelear died in Gladewater, Texas (suicide), 1962 (was 53)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dorothy Shay, the "Park Avenue Hillbillie," died in Santa Monica, California (heart attack), 1978 (was 57)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Margie Bowes died in Brentwood, Tennessee (long illness), 2020 (was 81)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 23:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dwight Yoakam</b> (NS 19) born in Pikeville, Kentucky, 1956 (now 66)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Junior Bryant of Ricochet born in Pecos, Texas, 1968 (now 54)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Eric Gibson of the Gibson brothers born in Clinton, New York, 1970 (now 52)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother Maybelle Carter</span> (CM 70, BG 01) died in Nashville, Tennessee (respiratory arrest), 1978 (was 69)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Merle Watson died in Caldwell County, North Carolina (tractor accident), 1985 (was 36). His father Doc's long-lasting tribute to his late son is the annual bluegrass and roots music event known as "MerleFest."</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rusty Kershaw died in New Orleans, Louisiana (heart attack), 2001 (was 63)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jeanne Black died in Orem, Utah (Alzheimer's disease), 2014 (was 77)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Jerry Jeff Walker died in Austin, Texas (throat cancer), 2020 (was 78)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 24:</strong><br /><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>John Bettis</b> (NS 11) born in Long Beach, California, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jiles Perry "The Big Bopper" Richardson born in Sabine Pass, Texas, 1930 (died 1959). Among his songwriter credits are "White Lightnin'" by friend George Jones and Hank Snow's "Beggar to a King."</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Sanger D. Shafer</b> (NS 89) born in Whitney, Texas, 1934 (died 2019)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mark Gray of Exile born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1952 (died 2016)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kirk McGee died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 1983 (was 83)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Gene Sullivan</b> (NS 71) died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (unknown cause), 1984 (was 70)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rosey Nix Adams, daughter of June Carter Cash, died in Montgomery County, Tennessee (carbon monoxide poisoning), 2003 (was 45)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sonny Osborne</b> (BG 94) died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications of a stroke), 2021 (was 83)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 25:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown born in Dayton, Ohio, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cousin Minnie Pearl</span><span> (Sarah Ophelia Colley Canon) (CM 75) born in Grinders Switch (actually, Centerville), Tennessee, 1912 (died 1996)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jeanne Black born in Pomona, California, 1937 (died 2014)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Johnnie Lee Willis died (heart ailment), 1984 (was 72)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roger Miller</span><span> (CM 95, NS 73) died in Los Angeles, California (throat cancer), 1992 (was 56)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Earl "Joaquin" Murphey</b> (StG 80) died in Los Angeles, California (cancer), 1999 (was 75)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Johnny Cash</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">'</span><span>s last concert performance, Flint Michigan, 1997</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 26:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Neal Matthews Jr.</b> (CM 01) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1929 (died 2000)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hoyt Axton died in Victor, Montana (heart attack), 1999 (was 62)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Rose Lee Maphis died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2021 (was 98)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Statler Brothers' final concert in their hometown of Salem, Virginia, 2002</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>October 27:</strong></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lee Greenwood born in Southgate, California, 1942 (now 80)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">John Mullins born in Xenia, Ohio, 1965 (now 57)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Snuffy Jenkins born in Harris, North Carolina, 1908 (died 1990)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Floyd Cramer</span> (CM 03) born in Campti, Louisiana, 1933 (died 1997)</span></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Dallas Frazier</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (NS 76) born in Spiro, Oklahoma, 1939 (died 2022)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ruby Wright born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1939 (died 2009)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Allan "Rocky" Lane died in Woodland Hills, California (cancer), 1973 (was 72). He is mentioned in the Statler Brothers' "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott."</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Hoyt Hawkins</b> (CM 01) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1982 (was 55)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Freddie Hart</b> (NS 04) died in Burbank, California (pneumonia), 2018 (was 91)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Grand Ole Opry moved to the Hillsboro Theater, 1934</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Anaheim Angels won game seven of the World Series and their first (and to date, only) World Series title, 2002. The Angels were owned by Gene Autry until his death, and the team dedicated the championship to his memory.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 28:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mitchell Torok born in Houston, Texas, 1929 (now 93)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Brad Paisley born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, 1972 (now 50)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bill Bolick of the Blue Sky Boys born in Hickory, North Carolina, 1917 (died 2008)</span></span><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Charlie Daniels </b><span style="font-family: arial;">(CM 16) born in Wilmington, North Carolina, 1936 (died 2020)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jimmy Skinner died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1979 (was 70)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mel Foree died (cancer), 1990 (age unknown)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Marijohn Wilkin</b> (NS 75) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart disease), 2006 (was 86)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Porter Wagoner</span> (CM 02) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 2007 (was 80)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Billy Joe Shaver died in Waco, Texas (stroke), 2020 (was 81)</span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Jerry Lee Lewis</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (CM 22, RR 86, GLA 05) died in Nesbit, Mississippi (pneumonia), 2022 (was 87). Lewis’s death came 12 days after his formal induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 29:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Charlie Monk born in Noma, Florida, 1938 (now 84)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Albert E. Brumley</b> (NS 70) born in Spiro, Oklahoma, 1905 (died 1977)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan born in Gardena, California, 1916 (died 1994)</span></span></div><div><b style="font-family: arial;">Sonny Osborne</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (BG 94) born in Roark, Kentucky, 1937 (died 2021)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fred Maddox died in Fresno, California (heart disease), 1992 (was 73)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 30:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Timothy B. Schmit of Poco and the Eagles born in Sacramento, California, 1947 (now 75)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">T. Graham Brown born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1954 (now 68)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patsy Montana</span> (nee Ruby Rose Blevins) (CM 96) born in Hope, Arkansas, 1908 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Billy Bowman</b> (StG 89) born in Johnson City, Tennessee, 1928 (died 1989)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Clifton Clowers born in Wolverton Mountain, Conway County, Arkansas, 1891 (died 1994)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ron Davies died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2003 (was 57)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Curly Putman </b>(NS 76) died in Lebanon, Tennessee (long illness), 2016 (was 85)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright wed, 1937 </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong>October 31:</strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br />Richard "Kinky" Friedman born in Chicago, Illinois, 1944 (now 78)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dale Evans born in Uvalde, Texas, 1912 (died 2001)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Tom Morrell</b> (Steel Guitar 01) born in Dallas, Texas, 1938 (died 2007)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Carl Belew</b> (NS 76) died in Salina, Oklahoma (cancer), 1990 (was 59)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Bob Atcher died in Prospect, Kentucky (unknown causes), 1993 (was 79)</span> </div></div></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-56224776385468116292022-10-04T12:05:00.000-04:002022-10-04T12:05:02.699-04:00Loretta<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Category: News/Obituary</b> </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There are simply no words. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Loretta Lynn has died. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The family released a statement today (10/4) saying that Lynn died in her sleep at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee today. They have asked for donations, in lieu of flowers, to the Loretta Lynn Foundation, which is an organization she founded in 2006 to promote country music.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">What is there to say? She was the squaw-on-the-warpath, fist-city swinging, don’t-come-home-a-drinkin’ warning, pill-taking coal miner’s daughter who came along at the perfect time in country music history, knocking down doors for women singers <i>and</i> women songwriters. Her songs of tough love for a cheating husband were based in reality.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You know the story: how the daughter of a coal miner near Van Lear, Kentucky went through the hard times, becoming a singer and songwriter and going to worldwide fame. The biopic based on her life won Sissy Spacek an Oscar. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Along the way Loretta herself picked up inductions into the Country Music and Nashville Songwriters Halls of Fame, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement, a Kennedy Center Honors, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There are simply no words, except….</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Thank you, Loretta.</b> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">She was 90.</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-59395310397819792162022-09-29T23:17:00.005-04:002022-10-12T20:05:15.777-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, October 1-15<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Category: Almanac</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Country Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; WS=Western Swing; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement award; RR=country performer also in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 1:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Kelly Willis born in Lawton, Oklahoma, 1968 (now 54)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Skeets McDonald born in Greenway, Arkansas, 1915 (died 1968)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bonnie Owens</b> (WS 87) born in Blanchard, Oklahoma, 1932 (died 2006)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Shooter kills 61 and wounds over 500 other concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, 2017</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 2:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jo-El Sonnier born in Rayne, Louisiana, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gillian Welch born in Manhattan, New York, 1967 (now 55)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Chubby Wise</b> (BG 98) born in Lake City, Florida, 1915 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Leon Rausch</b><span> (WS 87) born in Billings, Missouri, 1927 (died 2019)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Chris LeDoux born in Biloxi, Mississippi, 1948 (died 2005)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tammy Sullivan born in Wagarville, Alabama, 1964 (died 2017)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gene Autry</span> (CM 69, WS 89, GLA 89) died in Studio City, California (lymphoma), 1998 (was 91). The "Singing Cowboy" also owned the California/Anaheim Angels, who dedicated their 2002 World Series victory to his memory.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Elvis Presley played the Grand Ole Opry, 1954. Opry manager Jim Denny critiqued his performance by telling him that he was going nowhere and to "go back to driving trucks."</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 3:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Joe Allison</b> (NS 78; DJ 76) born in McKinney, Texas, 1924 (died 2002)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Woody Guthrie</b> (NS 77) died in Queens, New York (Huntington's disease), 1967 (was 55)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Del Wood died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 1989 (was 69)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 4:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Leroy Van Dyke born in Spring Fork, Missouri, 1929 (now 93)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Lloyd Green</b> (StG 88) born in Leaf, Mississippi, 1937 (now 85)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Larry Collins of the Collins Kids born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1944 (now 78)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Greg Hubbard of Sawyer Brown born in Orlando, Florida, 1960 (now 62)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jerry Rivers died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 1996 (was 69)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>A.L. "Doodle" Owens</b> (NS 99) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1999 (was 69)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Loretta Lynn</b> (CM 88, NS 83, GLA 10, PMF 13) died in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (natural causes), 2022 (was 90)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tammy Wynette's kidnapped ordeal began, 1978</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 5:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Radio station WSM born in Nashville at 650 on the AM dial, 1925 (now 97)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Margie Singleton born in Coushatta, Louisiana, 1935 (now 87)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Duncan born in Dublin, Texas, 1938 (died 2006)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Vincent, founder of the Sally Mountain Bluegrass Festival and father of Darrin and Rhonda Vincent, died in Queen City, Missouri (long illness), 2014 (was 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 6:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Tim Rushlow of Little Texas born in Arlington, Texas, 1966 (now 56)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kendall Hayes born in Perryville, Kentucky, 1935 (died 1995)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ted Daffan</b> (NS 70, WS 94) died in Houston, Texas (cancer), 1996 (was 84)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Billy Joe Royal died in Morehead City, North Carolina (unknown cause), 2015 (was 73)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Jody Miller died in Blanchard, Oklahoma (Parkinson’s disease), 2022 (was 80)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 7:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Jim Halsey born in Independence, Kansas, 1930 (now 92)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kieran Kane born in Queens, New York, 1949 (now 73)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dale Watson born in Birmingham, Alabama, 1962 (now 60)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Uncle Dave Macon</span> (CM 66) born in Warren County, Tennessee, 1870 (died 1952)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gordon Terry born in Decatur, Alabama, 1931 (died 2006)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hugh Cherry born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1922 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Buddy Lee born in Brooklyn, New York, 1932 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Darrell died in Kennesaw, Georgia (diabetes complications), 1997 (was 57)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jimmie Logsdon died in Louisville, Kentucky (unknown cause), 2001 (was 79)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Shelby Singleton died in Nashville, Tennessee (brain cancer), 2009 (was 77)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Ray Pennington died in Hendersonville, Tennessee (house fire), 2020 (was 86)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jimmie Rodgers' first recording, "The Soldier's Sweetheart" / "Sleep Baby Sleep," released, 1927</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 8:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Susan Raye Wiggins born in Eugene, Oregon, 1944 (now 78)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lynn Morris born in Lamesa, Texas, 1948 (now 74)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jackie Frantz of Dave & Sugar born in Sidney, Ohio, 1950 (now 72)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Truitt Cunningham</b> (WS 82) born in San Angelo, Texas, 1930 (died 2014)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Pete Drake</b><span> (CM 22, StG 87) born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1932 (died 1988). Drake is one of the “class of 2021” inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 9:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Goebel Reeves born in Sherman, Texas, 1899 (died 1969)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Curtis McPeake born in Scotts Hill, Tennessee, 1927 (died 2021)<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Renfro Valley Barn Dance debuted on WLW, 1937</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 10:</span></strong></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Tony Arata</b> (NS 12) born in Savannah, Georgia, 1957 (now 65)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tanya Tucker born in Seminole, Texas, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Don Pierce, founder of Starday Records, born in Ballard, Washington, 1915 (died 2005)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Vernon Baughman</b> (WS 82) born in Granite, Oklahoma, 1926 (died 2010)</span></span><div><b style="font-family: arial;">John Prine</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (NS 03) born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946 (died 2020)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cal Smith died in Branson, Missouri (unknown cause), 2013 (was 81)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Anita Kerr died in Geneva, Switzerland (natural causes), 2022 (was 94)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 11:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span">Gene Watson born in Palestine, Texas, 1943 (now 79)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Paulette Carlson of Highway 101 born in Northfield, Minnesota, 1952 (now 70)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Leigh Gibson of the Gibson Brothers born in Clinton, New York, 1971 (now 51)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Dottie West </b>(CM 18) born in McMinnville, Tennessee, 1932 (died 1991)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Rex Griffin</b> (NS 70) died in New Orleans, Louisiana (tuberculosis), 1958 (was 46)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jack Rhodes</b> (NS 72) died in Mineola, Texas (heart attack), 1968 (was 61)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Tex Williams</b> (WS 85) died in Newhall, California (pancreatic cancer), 1985 (was 68)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>T. Tommy Cutrer</b> (DJ 80) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1998 (was 74)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 12:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span">Shane McAnally born in Mineral Wells, Texas, 1974 (now 48)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Red Gillean</b> (WS 82) born in Memphis, Texas, 1925 died 2020)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Denver died in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Pacific Grove, California (plane crash), 1997 (was 53)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 13:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lacy J. Dalton born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Wiggins born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1962 (now 60)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rhett Akins born in Valdosta, Georgia, 1969 (now 53)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Skeeter Elkin</b> (WS 82) born in Denison, Texas, 1922 (died 2015)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Anita Kerr born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1927 (died 2022)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Hoarce Lee Logan died in Victoria, Texas (respiratory disease), 2002. The founder of the Louisiana Hayride also coined one of the most oft-repeated phrases in American popular culture: trying to calm down an audience after one Louisiana Hayride performer wowed the crowd, Logan announced, "Elvis has left the building."</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Raymond Fairchild died in Maggie Valley, North Carolina (heart attack), 2019 (was 80)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Acuff-Rose Publishing Company founded, 1942</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">While presenting the CMA "Entertainer of the Year" award Charlie Rich set fire to the envelope after announcing that John Denver had won the award, 1975</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 14:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span>Melba Montgomery born in Iron City, Tennessee, 1938 (now 84)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kenny Roberts born in Lenoir City, Tennessee, 1926 (died 2012)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bing Crosby died in Madrid, Spain (heart attack), 1977. The legendary pop crooner has the distinction of being the first artist to have a #1 single on <em>Billboard</em> magazine's Country and Western charts, with his rendition of Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama," January 8, 1944.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Little Jimmy Sizemore died in Appleton, Wisconsin (natural causes), 2014 (was 87)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">October 15:</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><br /></strong></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dean Miller born in Los Angeles, California, 1965 (now 57)</span><br /></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-64440472912672842412022-09-15T22:32:00.004-04:002022-09-22T23:12:04.609-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, September 16-30<p> <b style="font-family: arial;">Category: Almanac</b></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><br /></span></b><span style="background-color: white;">(Hall of Fame members in <b>bold</b> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; RR=country performer also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 16:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">David Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers born in Darby, Florida, 1950 (now 72)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bobby Randall of Sawyer Brown born in Midland, Michigan, 1952 (now 70)<br />Terry McBride of McBride & the Ride born in Austin, Texas, 1958 (now 64)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ralph Mooney</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (StG 83) born in Duncan, Oklahoma, 1928 (died 2011)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sheb Wooley died in Nashville, Tennessee (leukemia), 2003 (was 82)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 17:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hank Williams</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (CM 61, NS 70, RR 87; GLA 87) born in Mount Olive, Alabama, 1923 (died 1953)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jimmie Crawford</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (StG00) born in Obetz, Ohio, 1935 (died 2005)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">John Ritter, son of Tex Ritter, born in Burbank, California, 1948 (died 2003)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Steve Sanders (William Lee Golden's one-time replacement in the Oak Ridge Boys) born in Richland, Georgia, 1952 (died 1998)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill Black born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1926 (died 1965)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">RCA's 33 1/3 RPM "long-playing" (LP) record first appeared, 1931<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 18:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carl Jackson born in Louisville, Mississippi, 1953 (now 69)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lydia Rogers of the Secret Sisters born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 1988 (now 34)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Ervin T. Rouse born in Craven County, North Carolina, 1917 (died 1981)<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Priscilla Mitchell born in Marietta, Georgia, 1941 (died 2014)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Michael "Bea" Lilly</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (BG 02) died in Plymouth, Massachusetts (Alzheimer's disease), 2005 (was 83)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 19:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Trisha Yearwood born in Monticello, Georgia, 1964 (now 58)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clyde Moody born in Cherokee, North Carolina, 1915 (died 1989)<br /><b>Danny Dill</b> (NS 75) born in Carroll County, Tennessee, 1924 (died 2008)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Carlton Haney</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (BG 98) born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, 1928 (died 2011)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clyde "Sonny" Burns born in Lufkin, Texas, 1930 (died 1992)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Red Foley</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (CM 67) died in Fort Wayne, Indiana (heart attack), 1968 (was 58)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gram Parsons died in Joshua Tree, California (drug overdose), 1973 (was 26)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Skeeter Davis died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2004 (was 72)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Slim Dusty (<i>ne</i> David Kirkpatrick, the "Australian King of Country Music") died in St. Ives, New South Wales (cancer), 2003 (was 76)<br />Carl Smith married Goldie Hill, 1957<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 20:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bob Miller</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 70) born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1895 (died 1955)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pearl Butler born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1927 (died 1988)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Karl Farr</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (CM 80) died in West Springfield, Massachusetts (heart attack), 1961 (was 52)<br />Jim Croce died in Natchitoches, Louisiana (plane crash), 1973 (was 30). The folk singer/songwriter's pop hit "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" made the country charts a year after his death.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Steve Goodman died in Seattle, Washington (liver and kidney failure/leukemia), 1984 (was 36)<br />Hank Williams re-joined the Louisiana Hayride after being fired from the Grand Ole Opry, 1952<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 21:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Dickey Lee</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 95) born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1936 (now 86)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don Felder, former guitarist/steel guitarist for the Eagles, born in Gainesville, Florida, 1947 (now 75)<br />Kenny Starr born in Topeka, Kansas, 1952 (now 70)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Daryl Mosley of New Tradition born in Waverly, Tennessee, 1964 (now 58)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ronna Reeves born in Big Spring, Texas, 1966 (now 56)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ted Daffan</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 70) born in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, 1912 (died 1996)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Walter Brennan died in Oxnard, California (emphysema), 1974 (was 80). Among the actor's charted hits were "Old Rivers" and a version of Bill Anderson's "Mama Sang a Song."<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><b>John D. Loudermilk</b> (NS 76) died in Nashville, Tennessee (bone cancer), 2016 (was 82)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Roy Head died in Porter, Texas (heart attack), 2020 (was 79)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 22:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">June Forester of the Forester Sisters born in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, 1952 (now 70)<br />Debby Boone born in Hackensack, New Jersey, 1956 (now 65). The "You Light Up My Life" singer is Red Foley's granddaughter.<br /><b>James Roy "Pop" Lewis Sr.</b> of the <b>Lewis Family</b> (BG 06) born in Pickens, South Carolina, 1905 (died 2004)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bob Moore died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2021 (was 88)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 23:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Pat Alger</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 10) born in Long Island City, New York, 1947 (now 75)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don Herron Jr. of BR5-49 born in Steubenville, Ohio, 1962 (now 60)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Ray Charles</b> (CM21, RR 86) born in Albany, Georgia, 1930 (died 2004)<br />Roy Drusky died in Nashville, Tennessee (emphysema), 2004 (was 74)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bradley Kincaid</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 71) died in Springfield, Ohio (natural causes), 1989 (was 94)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">O.B. McClinton died in Nashville, Tennessee (abdominal cancer), 1987 (was 45)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jimmy Wakely</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 71) died in Mission Hills, California (emphysema), 1982 (was 68)<br /><b>Roy Horton</b> (CM 82) died in Nashville, Tennessee (diabetes/congestive heart failure), 2003 (was 88)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">First recording session for Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 1935<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 24:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Rosalie Allen died in Palmdale, California (congestive heart failure), 2003 (was 79)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Priscilla Mitchell died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2014 (was 73)<br />Jim Denny fired as Opry manager, 1956<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 25:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ian Tyson born in Victoria, British Columbia, 1933 (now 89)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Larry Sparks</b> (BG 15) born in Lebanon, Ohio, 1947 (now 75)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Shel Silverstein</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 02) born in Chicago, Illinois, 1930 (died 1999)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Royce Kendall born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1934 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><b>Jean Shepard</b> (CM 11) died in Nashville, Tennessee (Parkinson's disease), 2016 (was 82)<br />Little Jimmy Dickens became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, 1948<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 26:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">David Frizzell born in El Dorado, Arkansas, 1941 (now 81)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carlene Carter born in Madison, Tennessee, 1955 (now 67)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Marty Robbins</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (CM 82, NS 75) born in Glendale, Arizona, 1925 (died 1982)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">Lynn Anderson born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1947 (died 2015)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Doug Supernaw born in Bryan, Texas, 1960 (died 2020)</span></div><div><i>The Beverly Hillbillies</i> debuted on CBS, 1962. The program featured appearances by Roy Clark as Cousin Roy and Flatt and Scruggs as friends of the Clampetts, and the show was frequently sponsored by Kellogg's Corn Flakes with ads featuring Homer and Jethro.</div></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 27:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Beasley Smith </b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif">(NS 83) born in McEwen, Tennessee, 1902 (died 1968)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Uncle Josh Graves</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (BG 97) born in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, 1928 (died 2006)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Charlie Monroe died in Reidsville, North Carolina (cancer), 1975 (was 72)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Johnnie Wright died in Madison, Tennessee (natural causes), 2011 (was 97)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Johnny Mathis died in Cornersville, Tennessee (pneumonia), 2011 (was 80)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 28:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ronnie Reno born in Buffalo, South Carolina, 1947 (now 75)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Laurie Lewis born in Long Beach, California, 1950 (now 72)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mandy Barnett born in Crossville, Tennessee, 1975 (now 47)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Joseph Falcon born in Rayne, Louisiana, 1900 (died 1965). Falcon is credited with the first Cajun recording, "Allons a Lafayette," in 1928.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jim Boyd (of Bill Boyd and the Cowboy Ramblers) born in Fannin County, Texas, 1914 (died 1993)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jerry Clower born in Liberty, Mississippi, 1926 (died 1998)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tommy Collins</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (<i>ne</i> Leonard Sipes) (NS 99) born in Bethany, Oklahoma, 1930 (died 2000)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Johnny Mathis born in Maud, Texas, 1930 (died 2011). Because of the rise of a pop singer by the same name in the mid 1950's, Mathis became known as "Country Johnny Mathis."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Glenn Sutton</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 99) born in Hodge, Louisiana, 1937 (died 2007)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Johnny Horton married Billie Jean Williams (widow of Hank Williams), 1953<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 29:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jerry Lee Lewis</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (CM 22, RR 86) born in Ferriday, Louisiana, 1935 (now 87). Lewis is part of the Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Gene Autry</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (CM 69, NS 70) born in Tioga Springs, Texas, 1907 (died 1998)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bill Boyd born in Fannin County, Texas, 1910 (died 1977)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tillman Franks born in Stamps, Arkansas, 1920 (died 2006)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wesley Tuttle died in San Fernando, California (natural causes), 2003 (was 85)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mickey Newbury</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (NS 80) died in Springfield, Oregon (emphysema), 2002 (was 62)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mac Davis</b> (NS 00) died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications of heart surgery), 2020 (was 78)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong>September 30:</strong><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Richard Bowden born in Linden, Texas, 1945 (now 77)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Johnny Burns born in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1948 (now 74). The son of Jethro Burns is a singer/songwriter/guitarist on his own, and worked for many years with country-folk icon John Prine.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Deborah Allen born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1953 (now 69)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Marty Stuart</b> (CM 20) born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1958 (now 64)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mary Ford died in Arcadia, California (diabetes complications), 1977 (was 53)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Uncle Josh Graves</b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> (BG 97) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lengthy illness), 2006 (was 81)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ruby Wright died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart disease), 2009 (was 69)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Betty Amos died in Hendersonville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2021 (was 87)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em>Billboard</em><span face=""arial" , sans-serif"> magazine changed the name of the "Hillbilly and Western" chart to the "Folk Country and Western" chart, 1950. Ernest Tubb is considered by many to be one of the people responsible for this, as he claimed that "hillbilly" was a derogatory term.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-7790367516375901182022-08-29T20:18:00.001-04:002022-08-29T20:18:23.033-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, September 1-15<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category: Almanac</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement award; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar)</span></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 1</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Steve Goetzman of Exile born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1950 (now 72)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Maggie Cavender</b> (NS 89) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1918 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face="">Boxcar Willie (<i>ne</i> Lecil Travis Martin) born in Sterratt, Texas, 1931 (died 1999)</span><br /><span face="">Johnny Mack Brown born in Dothan, Alabama, 1904 (died 1974). The western actor was the namesake of Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboy's <em>Live at the Johnny Mack Brown High School</em> album.</span><br /><span face=""><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Conway Twitty</span></span><span> (CM 99, NS 93) born in Friars Point, Mississippi, 1933 (died 1993)</span></span><br /><span face="">George Riddle born in Marion, Indiana, 1935 (died 2014)<br /><span>Delia "Mom" Upchurch, the "Den Mother to the Stars," died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 1967 (was 85)</span></span><br /><span face=""><b>Jerry Reed</b> (CM 17, NS 05) died in Nashville, Tennessee (emphysema), 2008 (was 71)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Hal David</b> (NS 84) died in Los Angeles, California (stroke), 2012 (was 91)</span><br /><span face="">Doug Bounsall died in Las Vegas, Nevada (car wreck), 2012 (was 61)</span><br /><span face="">Kacey Jones died in Nashville, Tennessee (colon cancer), 2016 (was 66)</span><br /><span face=""><strong><span><br /></span></strong><strong><span>September 2</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Paul Wylie Deakin of the Mavericks born in Miami, Florida, 1959 (now 63)</span><br /><span face="">Johnny Lee Wills born in Jewell, Texas, 1912 (died 1984)</span><br /><span face="">Charline Authur born in Henrietta, Texas, 1929 (died 1987)</span><br /><span face="">Grady Nutt born in Amarillo, Texas, 1934 (died 1982)<br />Fabor Robinson, founder of Fabor Records, died in Minden, Louisiana (unknown cause), 1986 (was 74)</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 3</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Jimmy Riddle born in Dyersburg, Tennessee, 1918 (died 1981)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hank Thompson</span> (CM 89, NS 97) born in Waco, Texas, 1925 (died 2007)</span><br /><span face="">Tompall Glaser born in Spalding, Nebraska, 1933 (died 2013)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bill Pursell died in Nashville, Tennessee (pneumonia/COVID-19), 2020 (was 94)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lucille Starr died in Las Vegas, Nevada (long illness), 2020 (was 82)<br /><span face=""><span><br /></span><strong><span>September 4</span></strong></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Kathy Louvin born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1957 (now 65)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""><b>Harold "Shot" Jackson</b> (StG 86) born in Wilmington, North Carolina, 1920 (died 1991)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Dottie West</b> (CM 18) died in Nashville, Tennessee (injuries from a car wreck), 1991 (was 58)</span><br /><span face="">Carl Butler died in Franklin, Tennessee (heart attack), 1992 (was 65)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Bud Isaacs</b> (StG 84) died in Yuma, Arizona (natural causes), 2016 (was 88)</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 5</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Chuck Seitz born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1918 (died 2012). In addition to serving as a Grammy-nominated recording engineer at King and RCA Seitz co-wrote the classic "Before I Met You."</span><br /><span face="">Curley Williams died in Montgomery, Alabama (unknown cause), 1970 (was 66)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Joe South</b> (NS 79) died in Atlanta, Georgia (heart failure), 2012 (was 72)</span><br /><span face="">The Country Music Association was founded, 1958<br />The Lewis Family's final concert, 2009. The bluegrass and gospel band began performing in 1951.</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 6</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="">David Allan Coe born in Akron, Ohio, 1939 (now 83)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="">Buddy Miller born in Fairborn, Ohio, 1952 (now 70)</span><br /><span face="">Jeff Foxworthy born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face="">Mark Chesnutt born in Beaumont, Texas, 1963 (now 59)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""><b>Zeke Clements</b> (NS 71) born near Empire, Alabama, 1911 (died 1994)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="">Paul Yandell, C.G.P. born in Mayfield, Kentucky, 1935 (died 2011)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="">Mel McDaniel born in Checotah, Oklahoma, 1942 (died 2011)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ernest Tubb</span> (CM 64, NS 70) died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications from emphysema), 1984 (was 70)</span><br /><span face="">Autry Inman died (unknown cause), 1988 (was 59)</span><br /><span face="">Roy Huskey Jr. died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 1997 (was 41)</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 7</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Ronnie Dove born in Herndon, Virginia, 1940 (now 81)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Mark D. Sanders</b> (NS 09) born in Los Angeles, California, 1950 (now 71)<br /><b>Buddy Holly</b> (NS 94, RR 86, GLA 97) born in Lubbock, Texas, 1936 (died 1959)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hubert Long</span><span> (CM 79) died in Nashville, Tennessee (brain tumor), 1972 (was 48)</span></span><br /><span face="">Oscar Sullivan died in Nashville, Tennessee (leukemia), 2012 (was 93)</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 8</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face=""><strong>Jimmie Rodgers</strong> (CM 61, NS 70, RR 86, GLA 17) born in Meridian, Mississippi, 1897 (died 1933)</span><br /><span face="">Milton Brown born in Stephenville, Texas, 1903 (died 1936)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patsy Cline</span> (CM 73; GLA 95) born in Winchester, Virginia, 1932 (died 1963)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Harlan Howard</span> (CM 97, NS 73) born in Detroit, Michigan, 1929 (died 2002)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Don Williams </b>(CM 10) died in Mobile, Alabama (emphysema), 2017 (was 78)</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 9</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Freddy Weller born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1947 (now 75)</span><br /><span face=""><span>Rodger Dale Tubb died in Fredericksburg, Texas (car wreck), 1938 (was </span><span>7 weeks old)</span></span><br /><span face=""><b>Tex Owens</b> (NS 71) died in New Baden, Texas (unknown cause), 1962 (was 70)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bill Monroe</span> (CM 70, BG 91, NS 71, RR 97, GLA 93) died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 1996 (was 84)</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 10</strong><br /><br /><span face="">Rosie Flores born in San Antonio, Texas, 1956 (now 66)</span><br /><span face="">Luke Wills born in Memphis, Texas, 1920 (died 2000)</span><br /><span face="">Tommy Overstreet born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937 (died 2015)<br />Joe (<i>ne</i> Walter) Callahan of the Callahan Brothers died in Asheville, North Carolina (cancer), 1971 (was 61)</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face=""><strong>September 11</strong></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmie Davis</span> (CM 72, NS 71) born in Beech Springs, Louisiana, 1899 (died 2000)</span><br /><span face="">Randy Hughes born in Gum, Tennessee, 1928 (died 1963)</span><br /><span face="">Lorne Greene died in Santa Monica, California (pneumonia), 1987 (was 72). The actor's recitation "Ringo" was a top 25 country hit in 1964.</span><br /><span face=""><b>Leon Payne</b> (NS 70) died in San Antonio, Texas (heart attack), 1969 (was 52)<br />Bill (<i>ne</i> Homer) Callahan of the Callahan Brothers died in Dallas, Texas (congestive heart failure), 2002 (was 90)</span><br /><span face="">Terrorists crash planes into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington DC, 2001. The attack spawned several country songs including Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" and Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)."</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 12</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Lois Johnson Burns born in Jackson Township, Ohio, 1924 (died 1989). One of WLW's "Johnson Twins," she married Jethro Burns of Homer & Jethro in 1946.</span><br /><span face="">Leona Johnson Atkins born in Jackson Township, Ohio, 1924 (died 2009). One of WLW's "Johnson Twins," she married Chet Atkins in 1946.</span><br /><span face="">Helen Carter born in Maces Springs, Virginia, 1927 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Jones</span><span> (CM 92, GLA 12) born in Saratoga, Texas, 1931 (died 2013)</span></span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rod Brasfield</span><span> (CM 87) died in Martin, Tennessee (heart failure), 1958 (was 48)</span></span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnny Cash</span> (CM 80, NS 77, RR 92, GLA 99) died in Nashville, Tennessee (Shy-Drager syndrome complications, diabetes, lung disease), 2003 (was 71)</span><br /><span face="">John Ritter died in Los Angeles, California (heart ailment), 2003 (was 54). The actor was the son of Western legend Tex Ritter.<br />Charlie Walker died in Nashville, Tennessee (colon cancer), 2008 (was 81)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Don Wayne</b> (NS 78) died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2011 (was 78)</span><br /><span face="">Wade Mainer died in Flint, Michigan (congestive heart failure), 2011 (was 104)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don Maddox died (natural causes), 2021 (was 98)<br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 13</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">Bobbie Cryner born in Woodland, California, 1961 (now 61)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bill Monroe</span> (CM 70, BG 91, NS 71, RR 97, GLA 93) born in Rosine, Kentucky, 1911 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face="">Wilma Lee Cooper died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2011 (was 90)</span><br /><span face="">Roy Acuff postage stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service, 2003</span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 14</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face="">John Berry born in Aiken, South Carolina, 1959 (now 63)</span><br /><span face="">Mae Boren Axton born in Bardwell, Texas, 1914 (died 1997)</span><br /><span face="">Don Walser born in Brownfield, Texas, 1934 (died 2006)</span><br /><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vernon Dalhart</span> (CM 81, NS 70) died in Bridgeport, Connecticut (heart attack), 1948 (was 65)</span><br /><span face=""><b>Beasley Smith</b> (NS 83) died in Nashville, Tennessee (cerebral hemorrhage), 1968 (was 66)</span><br /><span face=""><span>Hank Williams</span><span> arrived in Nashville and met with </span><span>Fred Rose</span><span> </span><span>to discuss a record or publishing deal, 1946</span></span><br /><span face=""><br /></span><strong>September 15</strong><br /><span face=""><br /></span><span face=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Roy Acuff</span> (CM 62, GLA 87) born in Maynardsville, Tennesssee, 1903 (died 1992)<br />Patsy Cline married Charlie Dick, 1957</span></span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-9462774603621436812022-08-14T20:25:00.000-04:002022-08-14T20:25:09.321-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, August 16-31<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Category: Almanac</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel, StG=Steel Guitar; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; RR=also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span><strong>August 16</strong>:</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kathie Lee Gifford born in Paris, France, 1953 (now 69). Gifford began her career as one of the "<em>Hee Haw</em> honeys."</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Emory Martin born in Hickman County, Tennessee, 1889 (died 2006). Martin was the one-armed banjo player at the Renfro Valley Barn Dance.</span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Billy Joe Shaver</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (NS 04) born in Corsica, Texas, 1939 (died 2020)</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elvis Presley</span> (CM 98, RR 86, GLA 71) died at Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee (heart failure), 1977 (was 42)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Vassar Clements died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 2005 (was 77)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Jo-Walker Meador </b>(CM 95) died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 2017 (was 93)<br />Patsy Montana recorded "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," 1935. The song would become country music's first million-seller by a female.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 17:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><strong></strong><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">E.W. "Bud" Wendell</span> (CM 98) born in Akron, Ohio, 1927 (now 95)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Wayne Raney</b> (DJ 93) born in Wolf Bayou, Arkansas, 1920 (died 1993)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br /> </span><strong><span>August 18:</span></strong></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Bob Koefer</b> (StG 04) born in Clay Center, Kansas, 1928 (now 94)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Allen Reynolds</b> (NS 00) born in North Little Rock, Arkansas, 1938 (now 84)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hank Penny born in Birmingham, Alabama, 1918 (died 1992)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Molly Bee born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1939 (died 2009)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Johnny Preston born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1939 (died 2011). Preston is best known for "Running Bear," the 1959 hit written by J.P. Richardson and featuring guitar work and backing vocals by George Jones</span><span>.</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Charlie Waller</b> (BG 96) died in Gordonsville, Virginia (heart attack), 2004 (was 69)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Steve Gulley of Mountain Heart died in Nashville, Tennessee (pancreatic cancer), 2020 (was 57)<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Louvin Brothers played their last official show as a duo (opening for Ray Price) in Watseka, Illinois, 1963. According to Charles Wolfe's biography, the duo that once commanded over $1,100 per show as headliners received $250 for the performance.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 19:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span><b>Roger Cook</b> (NS 97) born in Bristol, England, 1940 (now 82)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Eddy Raven born in Lafayette, Louisiana, 1944 (now 78)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Larry Sasser</b> (StG 11) born in Gainesville, Georgia, 1947 (now 75)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lee Ann Womack born in Jacksonville, Texas, 1966 (now 56)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Clay Walker born in Beaumont, Texas, 1969 (now 53)<br /><b>Curly Ray Cline</b> (BG 09) died in Rockhouse, Kentucky (illness), 1997 (was 74)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br /></span><strong><span>August 20:</span></strong></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span>Rudy Gatlin born in Olney, Texas, 1952 (now 70)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>John Hiatt</b> (NS 08) born in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1952 (now 70)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ralph Stanley II born in Coeburn, Virginia, 1958 (now 63)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jim Reeves</span> (CM 67) born in Galloway, Texas, 1923 (died 1964)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>"Sneaky Pete" Kleinow</b> (StG 07) born in South Bend, Indiana, 1934 (died 2007)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Justin Tubb born in San Antonio, Texas, 1935 (died 1998)<br />Louis Innis died (heart attack), 1982 (was 63)<br /><b>Leon McAuliffe</b> (StG 78) died in Tulsa, Oklahoma (illness), 1988 (was 71)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Red Rhodes</b> (StG 05) died in Los Angeles, California (lung disease), 1995 (was 64)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Tom T. Hall</b> (CM 08, NS 78, BG 18) died in Franklin, Tennessee (suicide [gunshot]), 2021 (was 85)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span> </span><strong><span>August 21:</span></strong></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Nick Kane of the Mavericks born in Jerusalem, Georgia, 1954 (now 67)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kenny Rogers </span>(CM 13) born in Houston, Texas, 1938 (died 2020)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Harold Reid</span><span> (CM 08) born in Staunton, Virginia, 1939 (died 2020)</span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sam McGee died in Williamson County, Tennessee (tractor accident on his farm), 1975 (was 81)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Murray "Buddy" Harman died in Nashville, Tennessee (congestive heart failure), 2008 (was 79)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bill Emerson</b> (BG 19) died (pneumonia), 2021 (was 83)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Don Everly</b> (CM 01, NS 01, RR 86) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2021 (was 84)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 22:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span><b>Marian Leighton-Levy</b> (BG 16) born in Harrington, Maine, 1948 (now 74)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Collin Raye born in DeQueen, Arkansas, 1959 (now 63)</span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rod Brasfield</span> (CM 87) born in Smithville, Arkansas, 1910 (died 1958)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Connie B. Gay</span> (CM 80) born in Lizard Lick, North Carolina, 1914 (died 1989)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Holly Dunn born in San Antonio, Texas, 1957 (died 2016)</span><br />Horace "Aytchie" Burns died in Knoxville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1974 (was 56). Aytchie was a bass player at Knoxville's WNOX and on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance. He was also the older brother of Jethro Burns.<br />Elizabeth Haynes born in Greenville, Kentucky, 1920 (died 1976)<br />Elizabeth Haynes died in Hammond, Indiana (kidney disease), 1976 (56th birthday). The one-time bass player and "red-headed yodeling gal" on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance was the wife of Homer Haynes.<br />Leon Chappelear died in Gladewater, Texas (suicide [gunshot]), 1962 (was 53)<br />Mooney Lynn, the husband of Loretta Lynn, died in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (heart failure/diabetes), 1996 (was 69)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Floyd Tillman</span> (CM 83, NS 70) died in Houston, Texas (leukemia), 2003 (was 88)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>August 23</strong>:</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span>Rex Allen, Jr. born in Chicago, Illinois, 1947 (now 75)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1949 (now 73)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tex Williams born in Anvil, Illinois, 1917 (died 1985)<br />Leslie York of the York Brothers born in Louisa, Kentucky, 1917 (died 1984)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" hit #1 on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Billboard</span> charts, 1952. The song, the </span><span>first #1 hit for a female singer, </span><span>was very controversial in its day, with many country stations refusing to play the song and the Grand Ole Opry management prohibiting Kitty Wells from performing the tune on the Opry.</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 24:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span>Teea Goans born in Lowry City, Missouri, 1980 (now 42)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fred Rose</span><span> (CM 61, NS 70) born in Evansville, Indiana, 1897 (died 1954)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jerry Clower died in Jackson, Mississippi (complications from heart surgery), 1998 (was 71)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Nat Stuckey died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 1988 (was 54)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Pete Kuykendall</b> (BG 96) died in Warrenton, Virginia (illness), 2017 (was 79)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 25:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span>Elvis Costello born in London, England, 1954 (now 68). The punk pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member has performed with numerous country legends including George Jones, Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris, and Charlie Louvin. Johnny Cash recorded Costello's song "The Big Light" on <em>Johnny Cash is Coming to Town</em>.</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jo Dee Messina born in Holliston, Massachusetts, 1970 (now 52)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jerry Rivers born in Miami, Florida, 1928 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cliff Bruner died in Texas City, Texas (cancer), 2000 (was 85)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kenny Seratt died in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (unknown cause), 2015 (was 80)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 26:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span>Jimmy Olander of Diamond Rio born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1961 (now 61)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Don Bowman born in Lubbock, Texas, 1937 (died 2013)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Bob Miller</b> (NS 70) died in Nyack, New York (unknown cause), 1955 (was 59)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Wilma Burgess died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2003 (was 64)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Harlow Wilcox died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (heart attack), 2003 (was 59)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Kenny Malone died in Nashville, Tennessee (COVID-19), 2021 (was 83)<br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 27:</span></strong><br /><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeff Cook </span>of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alabama</span> (CM 05) born in Fort Payne, Alabama, 1949 (now 73)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Carter Stanley</b> (BG 92) born in Dickenson County, Virginia, 1925 (died 1966)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Oliver "Mooney" Lynn, husband of Loretta Lynn, born in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, 1926 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jimmy C. Newman born in Big Mamou, Louisiana, 1927 (died 2014)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Frances Preston</span><span> (CM 92) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1928 (died 2012)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>J.D. Crowe</b><span> </span><span>(BG 03) born in Lexington, Kentucky, 1937 (died 2021)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>David "Bunny" Biggs of Jamup & Honey died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown causes), 1948 (was 52)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jim Denny</span> (CM 66) died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 1963 (was 52). For his Hall of Fame career, Denny may be most infamous for telling a guest artist after an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, "You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck." The person on the receiving end of Denny's criticism was Elvis Presley.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 28:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">LeAnn Rimes born in Jackson, Mississippi, 1982 (now 40)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Billy Grammer born in Benton, Illinois, 1925 (died 2011)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Archie Campbell died in Knoxville, Tennessee (post-operative complications following June heart attack), 1987 (was 67)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 29:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><b>Don Schlitz</b> (CM 17, NS 93) born in Durham, North Carolina, 1952 (now 70)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dan Truman of Diamond Rio born in St. George, Utah, 1956 (now 66)<br />Grady Cole born in Lafayette, Georgia, 1909 (died 1981)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><strong><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">August 30:</span></strong><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><span><br /></span></strong><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kitty Wells</span> (CM 76, GLA 91) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1919 (died 2012)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jon Hagar born in Chicago, Illinois, 1946 (died 2009)<br />Jim Hagar born in Chicago, Illinois, 1946 (died 2008)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span><b>August 31:</b></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b><br /></b></span><span><b>Noel Boggs</b> (StG 81) died in Los Angeles, California (heart attack), 1974 (was 56)</span></span></span></div></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-16012881592521795402022-08-02T14:09:00.003-04:002022-08-02T14:09:29.796-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, August 1-15<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category: News</span></span></p><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; RR=country performer also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 1:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Leon Chappelear born in Tyler, Texas, 1909 (died 1962)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Howard "Howdy" Forrester of the Smoky Mountain Boys died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 1987 (was 65)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Paul Cotton of Poco died in Eugene, Oregon (unknown cause), 2021 (was 78)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The AFM called a strike against record companies, 1942. The strike, combined with the shortage of shellac because of World War II, severely limited the record companies' output for two years.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>August 2:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Hank Cochran</b><span> (CM 14, NS 74) born in Isola, Mississippi, 1935 (died 2010)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b>Ted Harris </b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(NS 90) born in Lakeland, Florida, 1937 (died 2015)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Betty Jack Davis died in Cincinnati, Ohio (car wreck), 1953 (was 21)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Joe Allison</b> (NS 78) died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2002 (was 77)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Redd Stewart</b> (NS 70) died in Louisville, Kentucky (complications from a head injury), 2003 (was 82)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LTJG John F. Kennedy’s PT boat rammed and sunk near Kolombangar, Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, 1943. The six-day ordeal of the future president and his crew was recounted in Jimmy Dean’s hit “PT 109.”</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>The wreckage of Jim Reeves' plane discovered, 1964. The two-day search of wooded areas in and around Nashville for the plane included many country music performers. Eddy Arnold </span><span>was among those in the party that found and identified Reeves' body.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>August 3:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dean Sams of Lonestar born in Garland, Texas, 1966 (now 56)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Dorothy Dillard of the Anita Kerr Singers born in Springfield, Missouri, 1923 (died 2015)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gordon Stoker</span> of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jordanaires</span> (CM 01) </span><span>born in Gleason, Tennessee, 1924 (died 2013)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Randy Scruggs born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1953 (died 2018)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Little Roy Wiggins</b> (StG 85) died in Sevierville, Tennessee (heart disease and diabetes complications), 1999 (was 73)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 4:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bear Family Records founder Richard Weize born in Bad Gandersheim, Germany, 1945 (now 77)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Vicki Hackerman of Dave & Sugar born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1950 (now 72)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Craig Wiseman</b> (NS 15) born in Selma, Alabama, 1963 (now 59)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Louis Armstrong born in New Orleans, 1901 (died 1971). The legendary jazz trumpet player and singer recorded with Jimmie Rodgers</span>.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Carson J. Robison</b> (NS 71) born in Oswego, Kansas, 1890 (died 1957)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>James Blackwood</b> of the <b>Blackwood Brothers</b> (SG 97) born in Ackerman, Mississippi, 1919 (died 2002)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Scotty Stoneman born in Galax, Virginia, 1932 (died 1973)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fiddlin' Doc Roberts died in Richmond, Kentucky (unknown cause), 1978 (was 81)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kenny Price died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1987 (was 56)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Billy Sherrill</b> (CM 10, NS 84) died in Nashville, Tennessee (short illness), 2015 (was 78)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lorrie Collins of the Collins Kids died in Reno, Nevada (illness), 2018 (was 76)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Razzy Bailey died in Goodlettsville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2021 (was 82)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 5:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bobby Braddock</b> (CM 11, NS 81) born in Lakeland, Florida, 1940 (now 82)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Allan Spinney of the Spinney Brothers born in Hamilton, Ontario, 1965 (now 57)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rick Spinney of the Spinney Brothers born in Hamilton, Ontario, 1966 (now 56)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Terri Clark born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1968 (now 54)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hal Durham born in McMinnville, Tennessee, 1931 (died 2009)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Vern "The Voice" Gosdin born in Woodland, Alabama, 1934 (died 2009)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sammi Smith born in Orange, California, 1943 (died 2005)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tim Wilson born in Columbus, Georgia, 1961 (died 2014)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Luther Perkins died in Nashville, Tennessee (injuries from a house fire), 1968 (was 40)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 6:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Patsy and Peggy Lynn born in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, 1964 (now 58)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lisa Stewart born in Louisville, Mississippi, 1968 (now 54)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Old Joe Clark (Manuel Clark), longtime Renfro Valley performer, born in Erwin, Tennessee, 1922 (died 1998)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Billy Robinson</b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (StG 96) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1931 (died 2021)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Billy Bowman </b>(StG 89) died in Columbia, South Carolina (cancer), 1989 (was 60)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Colleen Carroll Brooks died in Yukon, Oklahoma (throat cancer), 1999 (was 70). The former Ozark Mountain Jubilee singer was the mother of Garth Brooks.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Marshall Grant died in Jonesboro, Arkansas (brain aneurysm), 2011 (was 83)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 7:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Rodney Crowell</b><span> (NS 03) born in Houston, Texas, 1950 (now 72)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Raul Malo of the Mavericks born in Miami, Florida, 1965 (now 57)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Felice Bryant</span> (CM 91, NS 72) born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1925 (died 2003)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">B.J. Thomas born in Hugo, Oklahoma, 1942 (died 2021)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Henry "Homer" Haynes</span> (CM 01) died in Hammond, Indiana (heart attack), 1971 (was 51)<br />Billy Byrd died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2001 (was 81)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 8:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phil Balsley</span> of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Statler Brothers</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (CM 08) born in Staunton, Virginia, 1939 (now 83)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tony Villanueva of the Derailers born in Eugene, Oregon, 1967 (now 55)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Webb Pierce</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> (CM 01) born in West Monroe, Louisiana, 1926 (died 1991)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mel Tillis</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> (CM 07, NS 76) born in Tampa, Florida, 1932 (died 2017)</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jamie O'Hara born in Toledo, Ohio, 1950 (died 2021)<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dale Warren of the Sons of the Pioneers died in Branson, Missouri (heart failure), 2008 (was 83)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Chuck Seitz died in Cincinnati, Ohio (natural causes), 2012 (was 93). In addition to serving as recording engineer at King and RCA Seitz co-wrote the classic "Before I Met You."</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Glen Campbell</b> (CM 05) died in Nashville, Tennessee (Alzheimer's disease), 2017 (was 81)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hank Williams Jr. critically inured in a fall while mountain climbing on Ajax Mountain in Montana, 1975. Williams' head was split open, his face was shattered, and he lost an eye in the 500-foot fall.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 9:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Merle Kilgore</b> (NS 98) born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1934 (died 2005)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Hal Rugg</b> (StG 89) died in Tuscon, Arizona (cancer), 2005 (was 69)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 10:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jerry Kennedy born in Shreveport, Louisiana, 1940 (now 82)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jonie Mosby born in Van Nuys, California, 1940 (now 82)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio born in Jamestown, New York, 1949 (now 73)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Delia Upchurch born in Gainesboro, Tennessee, 1891 (died 1976). Upchurch was known as "the Den Mother of Nashville Stars" because she ran a boarding house where struggling musicians and songwriters could stay and pay what they could afford.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Jimmy Martin</b> (BG 95) born in Sneedville, Tennessee, 1927 (died 2005)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Dean</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> (CM 10) born in Plainview, Texas, 1928 (died 2010)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Alvin "Junior" Samples born in Buena Park, California, 1926 (died 1983)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Billy Grammer died in Benton, Illinois (long-term illness), 2011 (was 85)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 11:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">John Conlee born in Versailles, Kentucky, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Don Helms</b> (StG 84) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2008 (was 81)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hank Williams fired from the Grand Ole Opry, 1952</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 12:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark Knopfler born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1949 (now 73). Knopfler, best known as guitarist and lead singer of Dire Straits, won a "Best Country Vocal Collaboration" Grammy with Chet Atkins in 1990 for the song "Poor Boy Blues." He also recorded an album of country songs under the pseudonym the Notting Hillbillies.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Rex Griffin</b> (NS 70) born in Gadsden, Alabama, 1912 (died 1958)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Porter Wagoner</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (CM 02) born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 1927 (died 2007)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buck Owens</span> (CM 96, NS 96) born in Sherman, Texas, 1929 (died 2006)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Linda Parker of the WLS National Barn Dance died in Mishawaka, Indiana (peritonitis), 1935 (was 23)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 13:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Lee Roy Abernathy</b> (SG 97) born in Atco, Georgia, 1913 (died 1993)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dan Fogelberg born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951 (died 2007)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Les Paul died (pneumonia), 2009 (was 94). The legendary guitarist won a Grammy for his work with Chet Atkins on the album <span style="font-style: italic;">Chester and Lester</span>.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Nanci Griffith died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2021 (was 68)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Vernon Dalhart recorded "The Prisoner's Song," 1924. The song would sell an estimated seven million copies as country's first million-selling song.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 14:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Connie Smith</b> (CM 12) born in Elkhart, Indiana, 1941 (now 81)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Charles K. Wolfe</b> (BG 09) born in Sedalia, Missouri, 1943 (died 2006)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Johnny Duncan died in Fort Worth, Texas (heart attack), 2006 (was 67)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">August 15:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Ben Eldridge</b> of the <b>Seldom Scene</b> (BG 14) born in Richmond, Virginia, 1938 (now 84)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Jimmy Webb</b> (NS 90) born in Elk City, Oklahoma, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rose Maddox born in Boaz, Alabama, 1925 (died 1998)<br />Bobby Helms born in Bloomington, Indiana, 1933 (died 1997)<br />Don Rich born in Olympia, Washington, 1941 (died 1974)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lew DeWitt</span> (CM 08) died in Waynesboro, Virginia (complications from Crohn’s disease), 1990 (was 52)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lawrence Reynolds died in Bigbee, Alabama (coronary artery disease), 2000 (was 56)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Will Rogers died near Port Barrow, Alaska (plane crash with Wiley Post), 1935 (was 55)</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-32402610239803602362022-07-12T20:07:00.002-04:002022-07-12T20:07:50.994-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, July 16-31<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category: News</span></span></p><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; RR=country performer also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span><strong>July 16:</strong></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ronny Robbins born in Phoenix, Arizona, 1949 (now 73)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Harry Chapin died in East Meadow, New York (heart attack resulting in car wreck), 1981 (was 38). Chapin, a folk music icon, wrote "Cat's in the Cradle," which gave Ricky Skaggs one of his last country hits.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jo Stafford died in Century City, California (congestive heart failure), 2008 (was 90). The pop singer also did country, including appearing on Red Ingle & Natural Seven's hit "Tem-Tay-Shun."</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Kitty Wells</b> (CM 76) died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 2012 (was 92)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bonnie Brown</b> (CM 15) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 2016 (was 77)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gary S. Paxton died in Branson, Missouri (unknown cause), 2016 (was 77)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>July 17:</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Elizabeth Cook born in Wildwood, Florida, 1972 (now 50)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine born in Charleston, West Virginia, 1918 (died 1980)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Harry Choates died in Austin, Texas (head injury, possibly self-inflicted), 1951 (was 29)<br />Dizzy Dean died in Reno, Nevada (heart attack), 1974 (was 63). Dizzy was credited with giving Roy Acuff the nickname "King of Country Music."<br />Don Rich died in Bakersfield, California (motorcycle accident), 1974 (was 32)<br />Wynn Stewart died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1985 (was 51)<br />Ozark Jubilee debuted on KWTO radio, 1954<br /><br /><strong>July 18:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />Ricky Skaggs</b> (CM 18, BG 18) born in Cordell, Kentucky, 1954 (now 68)<br />Mark Jones of Exile born in Harlan, Kentucky, 1954 (now 68)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Barney Alvin Kalanikau Isaacs, Jr.</b><span> (StG 99) born in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1926 (died 1996)</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>July 19:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bernie Leadon of the Eagles, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Run C&W born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1947 (now 75)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sue Thompson born in Nevada, Missouri, 1926 (died 2021)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">George Hamilton IV born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1937 (died 2014)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>William "Lefty" Frizzell</strong> (CM 82, NS 72) died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 1975 (was 47)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">George Riddle died in Indianapolis, Indiana (throat cancer), 2014 (was 78)<br /><br /><strong>July 20:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>T.G. Sheppard born in Humbolt, Tennessee, 1942 (now 80)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Radney Foster born in Del Rio, Texas, 1959 (now 63)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Joseph Emmett "J.E." Mainer born in Weaverville, North Carolina, 1898 (died 1971)<br /><strong>Cindy Walker</strong> (CM 97, NS 70) born near Mart, Texas, 1918 (died 2006)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Velma Smith born in Eppley Station, Kentucky, 1927 (died 2014)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ralph Rinzler </b>(BG 12) born in Passaic, New Jersey, 1934 (died 1994)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Thomas "Sleepy" LaBeef born in Smackover, Arkansas, 1935 (died 2019)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Wayne Carson</b> (NS 97) died in Nashville, Tennessee (long illness), 2015 (was 72)<br /><br /><strong>July 21:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b><br /></b><strong>Bobby Hicks </strong>(BG 17) born in Newton, North Carolina, 1933 (now 89)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><strong>Sara Carter </strong>of the<strong> Carter Family</strong></span><span> (CM 70, BG 01) born in Wise County, Virginia, 1898 (died 1979)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Eddie Hill</b> (DJ 75) born in Delano, Tennessee, 1921 (died 1994)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Hal Rugg</b> (StG 89) born in New York, New York, 1936 (died 2005)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>July 22:</b></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don Henley of the Eagles born in Gilmer, Texas, 1947 (now 75). In addition to the Eagles, Henley was in a band, Shiloh, in the late 60s with Richard Bowden (later of Pinkard and Bowden) and Jim Ed Norman.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Margaret Whiting born in Detroit, Michigan, 1924 (died 2011). Although primarily a pop singer, Whiting had a series of duets with Jimmy Wakely in the 40s and 50s.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bob Ferguson died in Jackson, Mississippi (cancer), 2001 (was 73)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jack Lynn, son of Loretta Lynn, died in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee (drowned), 1984 (was 34)<br />Ralph S. Peer arrived in Bristol to make recordings for RCA, 1927<br /><br /><strong>July 23:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Alison Krauss born in Decatur, Illinois, 1971 (now 51)<br />Johnny Darrell born in Hopewell, Alabama, 1940 (died 1997)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Patsy Stoneman died in Manchester, Tennessee (natural causes), 2015 (was 90)<br /><br /><strong>July 24:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Donald "Red" Blanchard of the WLS National Barn Dance born in Pittsville, Wisconsin, 1914 (died 1980)<br />Lawton Williams born in Troy, Tennessee, 1922 (died 2007)<br /><b>Max D. Barnes</b> (NS 92) born in Hardscratch, Iowa, 1936 (died 2004)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Freddie Tavares</b> (StG 95) died in Anaheim, California (unknown cause), 1990 (was 77)<br /><br /><strong>July 25:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />Marty Brown born in Maceo, Kentucky, 1965 (now 56)<br />Walter Brennan born in Swmapscott, Massachusetts, 1894 (died 1974). The actor had a major country hit with "Old Rivers" in 1962.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Roy Acuff Jr. born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1943 (died 2015)<br />Steve Goodman born in Chicago, Illinois, 1948 (died 1984)<br />Tommy Duncan died in San Diego, California (heart attack), 1967 (was 56)<br />Charlie Rich died in Hammond, Louisiana (blood clot in lung), 1995 (was 62)<br /><br /><strong>July 26:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b><strong>Jim Foglesong</strong><span> (CM 04) born in Lundale, West Virginia, 1922 (died 2013)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b>Fred Foster</b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> (CM 16) born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1931 (died 2019)</span></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /><strong>July 27:</strong></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Bobbie Gentry born in Chickasaw, Mississippi, 1944 (now 78)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bill Engvall born in Galveston, Texas, 1957 (now 65)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>Henry "Homer" Haynes</strong> (CM 01) born in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1920 (died 1971)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jack Davis died in St. Simon Island, Georgia (stroke), 2016 (was 91). Davis, a cartoonist for <i>Mad</i> Magazine, designed the covers for numerous albums by Ben Colder, Johnny Cash, and Homer & Jethro.<br /><br /><strong>July 28:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Frank Loesser died in New York, New York (lung cancer), 1969 (was 59). The legendary pop composer was the "victim" of Homer and Jethro's first major hit, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," in 1949 (which featured a young June Carter singing the female part). Although RCA officials worried about Loesser's reaction, Loesser loved the parody and only asked that the songwriter credit read, "With apologies to Frank Loesser." Loesser later wrote the liner notes for the <i>Homer & Jethro Fracture Frank Loesser</i> EP.<br /><br /><strong>July 29:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Martina McBride born in Sharon, Kansas, 1966 (now 56)<br /><b>Pete Drake</b> (StG 87) died in Brentwood, Tennessee (lung disease), 1988 (was 55)<br />Anita Carter died in Goodlettesville, Tennessee (illness), 1999 (was 66)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Buddy Emmons </b>(StG 81) died in Hermitage, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2015 (was 78)<br /><br /><strong>July 30:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b><br /></b></span><span><b>Dennis Morgan</b> (NS 04) born in Tracy, Minnesota, 1952 (now 70)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>Sam Phillips</strong> (CM 01) died in Memphis, Tennessee (respiratory failure), 2003 (was 80)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lynn Anderson died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2015 (was 67)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><strong>July 31:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br />Bonnie Brown</b> of the <b>Browns</b> (CM 15) born in Sparkman, Arkansas, 1937 (died 2016)<br /><strong>Jim Reeves</strong> (CM 67) died in Nashville, Tennessee (plane crash), 1964 (was 40)<br />Dean Manuel died in Nashville, Tennessee (plane crash), 1964 (was 30)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Velma Smith died in Madison, Tennessee (illness), 2014 (was 87)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bill Mack</b> (DJ 82) died (long illness/COVID-19), 2020 (was 91)</span><br /></span></div><p> </p>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-23269360199522714902022-06-27T22:59:00.004-04:002022-06-27T22:59:50.618-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, July 1-15<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category: News</span></span></p><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; STG=Steel Guitar; RR=country act inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 1:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Lair born in Livingston, Kentucky, 1894 (died 1985). Lair, a one-time announcer on the WLS National Barn Dance, founded the Renfro Valley Barn Dance in 1937.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Thomas A. Dorsey</b> (NS 79) born in Villa Rica, Georgia, 1899 (died 1993)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Alvino Ray</b> (StG 78) born in Oakland, California, 1908 (died 2004)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Charles "Everett" Lilly</b> (BG 02) born in Clear Creek, West Virginia, 1924 (died 2012)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Keith Whitley born in Sandy Hook, Kentucky, 1955 (died 1989)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charles Carr died in Montgomery, Alabama (brief illness), 2013 (was 79). As a 19-year-old college student, Carr was Hank Williams' chauffeur on the fateful trip from Alabama to Akron, Ohio New Year's Eve 1952. </span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Red Lane </b>(NS 93) died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2015 (was 76)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 2:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Ken Curtis (one-time member of Sons of the Pioneers as well as</span><span> </span><i>Gunsmoke</i><span> </span><span>actor) born in Lamar, Colorado, 1916 (died 1991)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Fred Maddox of the Maddox Brothers born in Boaz, Alabama, 1919 (died 1992)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Marvin Rainwater born in Wichita, Kansas, 1925 (died 2013)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>DeFord Bailey </strong>(CM 05) died in Nashville, Tennessee (kidney and heart failure), 1982 (was 82)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Elwood Goins</b> of the <b>Lonesome Pine Fiddlers</b> (BG 09) died in Pikeville, Kentucky (long-term illness), 2007 (was 71)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ralph Rinzler</b> (BG 12) died in Washington, DC (long-term illness), 1994 (was 59)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jim Reeves' final RCA recording session, 1964</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 3:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Johnny Lee born in Texas City, Texas, 1946 (now 76)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Aaron Tippin born in Pensacola, Florida, 1958 (now 64)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Johnny Russell</b> (NS 01) died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications of diabetes), 2001 (was 61)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Homer L. "Boots" Randolph died in Nashville, Tennessee (subdural hematoma), 2007 (was 80)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 4:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ray Pillow born in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1937 (now 85)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Peter Rowan born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1942 (now 80)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Stephen Collins Foster</b> (NS 10) born in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, 1826 (died 1864)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Charlie Monroe born in Rosine, Kentucky, 1903 (died 1975)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Marion Worth born in Birmingham, Alabama, 1930 (died 1999)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bill Vernon</b> (BG 04) born in New York, New York, 1937 (died 1996)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Big Al Downing died in Leicester, Massachusetts (leukemia), 2005 (was 65)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">July 5:</span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>James "Guy" Willis of the Willis Brothers born in Alex, Arkansas, 1915 (di</span><span class="Apple-style-span">ed 1981)</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Mitch Jayne</b> (BG 09) born in Hammond, Indiana, 1928 (died 2010)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Grand Ole Opry's first show at the War Memorial Auditorium, 1939</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 6:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jeannie Seely born in Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1940 (now 82)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Justin Trevino born in Brownsville, Texas, 1973 (now 48)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Byron Berline born in Caldwell, Kansas, 1944 (died 2021)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nanci Griffith born in Austin, Texas, 1953 (died 2021)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>Roy Rogers</strong><span> (CM 80; CM 88) died in Apple Valley, California (heart failure), 1998 (was 86)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b>Charlie Daniels</b> (CM 16) died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 2020 (was 83)</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 7:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Randy Goodrum</b> (NS 00) born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1947 (now 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John "Lonzo" Sullivan born in Edmonton, Kentucky, 1917 (died 1967)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>Charlie Louvin</strong><span> (CM 01, NS 79, GLA 15) born in Section, Alabama, 1927 (died 2011)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Wallace Lewis</b> of the <b>Lewis Family</b> (BG 06) born in Lincolnton, Georgia, 1928 (died 2007)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Doyle Wilburn born in Hardy, Arkansas, 1930 (died 1982)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>George Morgan</strong> (CM 98) died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications of heart bypass surgery), 1975 (was 50)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Bill Porter died in St. Louis, Missouri (Alzheimer's disease), 2011 (was 79)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lois Johnson died in Nashville, Tennessee (long illness), 2014 (was 72)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 8:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Alice Gerrard</b> (BG 17) born in Seattle, Washington, 1934 (now 88)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Toby Keith born in Clinton, Oklahoma, 1961 (now 61)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Louis Jordan (a jazz artist who had two country #1 hits in 1944) born in Brinkley, Arkansas, 1908 (died 1975)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ervin Rouse died (complications from diabetes), 1981 (was 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Kenny Baker</b> (BG 99) died in Gallatin, Tennessee (stroke), 2011 (was 85)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Marty Stuart married Connie Smith, 1997</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 9:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Jesse McReynolds</b> (BG 93) born in Coeburn, Virginia, 1929 (now 93)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">David Ball born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1953 (now 69)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Eddie Dean born in Posey, Texas, 1907 (died 1999)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Molly O'Day born in Pike County, Kentucky, 1923 (died 1987)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jim Fogelsong</b> (CM 04) died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2013 (was 90)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The Country Music Association announced the largest Country Music Hall of Fame induction class ever -- a total of 12 inductees (Bill Anderson, Delmore Brothers, Everly Brothers, Don Gibson, Homer & Jethro, Waylon Jennings, Jordanaires, Don Law, Louvin Brothers, Ken Nelson, Webb Pierce, and Sam Phillips) -- to coincide with the opening of the new Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, 2001</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 10:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Randall E. "Hawk" Shaw Wilson of BR5-49 born in Topeka, Kansas, 1960 (now 62)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">July 11:</span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jeff Hanna of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band born in Detroit, Michigan, 1947 (now 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Eddie Cline</b> of the <b>Lonesome Pine Fiddlers</b> (BG 09) died in Gilbert Creek, West Virginia (unknown cause), 1984 (was 77)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Byron Berline died in Guthrie, Oklahoma (stroke), 2021 (was 77)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 12:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Steve Young born in Newman, Georgia, 1942 (died 2016)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jimmie Driftwood died in Fayetteville, Arkansas (heart attack), 1998 (was 91)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 13:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Louise Mandrell of the Mandrell Sisters born in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1954 (now 68)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rhonda Vincent born in Kirksville, Missouri, 1962 (now 60)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bradley Kincaid</b> (NS 71) born in Level, Kentucky, 1895 (died 1989)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Tim Spencer</strong> (CM 80, NS 71) born in Webb City, Missouri, 1908 (died 1974)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lawrence Reynolds born in St. Stephens, Alabama, 1944 (died 2000)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Riley Puckett died in East Point, Georgia (blood poisoning), 1946 (was 62)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Kayton Roberts </b>(StG 12) died in White House, Tennessee (stroke), 2017 (was 83)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 14:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Rory Bourke</b> (NS 89) born in Cleveland, Ohio, 1942 (now 80)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>William J. "Billy" Hill</b><span> (NS 82) born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1899 (died 1940)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Woody Guthrie</b> (NS 77) born in Okemah, Oklahoma, 1912 (died 1967)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Marijohn Wilkin</b> (NS 75) born in Kemp, Texas, 1920 (died 2006)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Del Reeves born in Sparta, North Carolina, 1933 (died 2007)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>July 15:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Linda Ronstadt (RR 14) born in Tucson, Arizona, 1946 (now 76)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Mac McAnally</b> (NS 07) born in Red Bay, Alabama, 1957 (now 65)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas born in Adams County, Ohio, 1913 (died 1963)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Seay born in Gulfport, Mississippi, 1940 (died 2016)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Hank Cochran</b> (CM 14, NS 74) died in Nashville, Tennessee (pancreatic cancer), 2010 (was 74)</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-13090877228201026492022-06-11T20:05:00.000-04:002022-06-11T20:05:07.888-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, June 16-30<div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Category: News</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement; RR=country act inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 16:</span><br /><br />Billy "Crash" Craddock born in Greensboro, North Carolina, 1946 (now 76)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bob Nolan </span> (CM 80, NS 71) died in Newport Beach, California (heart attack), 1980 (was 72)<br />"Orange Blossom Special" recorded by the Rouse Brothers, 1939. Ervin Rouse co-wrote the legendary fiddle tune with Chubby Wise.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 17:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Clyde "Red" Foley</span> (CM 67) born in Blue Lick, Kentucky, 1910 (died 1968)<br />Dave Akeman (Stringbean) born in Annville, Kentucky, 1916 (died 1973)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dolores Dinning Edgin died in Springfield, Tennessee (natural causes), 2015 (was 86)<br />Minnie Pearl suffered a stroke that ended her career, 1991<br />Ground breaking ceremonies held for the new Country Music Hall of Fame, 1999. Your blogger was a member of the "All-Guitar Marching Band," fronted by Chet Atkins, that led the Hall of Fame members to the site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 18:</span><br /><br />Sir Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942 (now 80). The legendary Beatle hit the country chart in 1974 with "Sally G." He was also introduced to a Friday Night Opry audience in 1974 by Roy Acuff, where McCartney proclaimed Nashville the "music capital of the universe."<br />Marty Haggard born in Bakersfield, California, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Zeke Turner born in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1923 (died 2003)<br />A.P. Carter married Sara Dougherty, 1915<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 19:</span><br /><br /><b>Glen Allred</b> of the <b>Florida Boys</b> (SG 01) born in Monroe, Tennessee, 1934 (now 88)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Doug Stone born in Marietta, Georgia, 1956 (now 66)<br />Howard Dixon of the Dixon Brothers born in Darlington, South Carolina, 1903 (died 1951)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lester Flatt</span> (CM 85, BG 91, NS 07) born in Sparta, Tennessee, 1914 (died 1979)<br />Pat Buttram born in Addison, Alabama, 1915 (died 1994)<br />Bobby Helms died in Martinsville, Indiana (emphysema), 1997 (was 63)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Slim Whitman died in Orange Park, Florida (heart failure), 2013 (was 90)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Chet Flippo died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2013 (was 69)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 20:</span><br /><br /><b>Anne Murray</b> (Canadian Music 93) born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, 1945 (now 77)<br />Evelyn Mae Cox of the Cox Family born in Springhill, Louisiana, 1959 (now 63)<br />Jimmie Driftwood (<i>ne</i> James Corbitt Morris) born in Mountain View, Arkansas, 1907 (died 1998)<br />T. Texas Tyler born in Mena, Arkansas, 1916 (died 1972)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Pauline "Mom" Lewis</b> of the Lewis Family (BG 06) born in Washington, Georgia, 1920 (died 2003)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chet Atkins</span> (CM 73, RR 02, GLA 93) born in Luttrell, Tennessee, 1924 (died 2001)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ira Louvin</span> (CM 01, NS 79, GLA 15) died near Williamsburg, Missouri (car wreck), 1965 (was 41)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Benjamin "Whitey" Ford</span>, the "Duke of Paducah" (CM 86), died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 1986 (was 85)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 21:</span><br /><br /><b>Eddie Adcock</b> (BG 96) born in Scottsville, Virginia, 1938 (now 84)<br />Leon Everette born in Aiken, South Carolina, 1948 (now 74)<br />Kathy Mattea born in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, 1959 (now 63)<br />Porter Howell of Little Texas born in Longview, Texas, 1964 (now 58)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Charlie Lamb born in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1921 (died 2012)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jimmy C. Newman died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2014 (was 86)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 22:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kris Kristofferson</span> (CM 04, NS 77, GLA 14) born in Brownsville, Texas, 1936 (now 86)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Peter Asher born in Williesden, Middlesex, England, 1944 (now 78). The former half of the pop duo Peter and Gordon was the producer of most of Linda Ronstadt's crossover hits.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Roy Drusky born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1930 (died 2004)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Elton Britt died in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania (heart attack), 1972 (was 58)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 23:</span><br /><br />Dallas Wayne born in Springfield, Missouri, 1956 (now 66)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Zeb Turner born in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1915 (died 1978)<br />June Carter Cash born in Maces Springs, Virginia, 1929 (died 2003)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Dr. Ralph Stanley</b> (BG 92) died in Coeburn, Virginia (skin cancer), 2016 (was 89)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 24:</span><br /><br />Johnnie Bailes of the Bailes Brothers born in Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1918 (died 1989)<br />Foy Willing of Riders of the Purple Sage died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1978 (was 63)<br />Tim Krekel died in Louisville, Kentucky (stomach cancer), 2009 (was 57)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 25:</span><br /><br />Jenifer Strait, daughter of George Strait, died in San Marcos, Texas (car wreck), 1986 (was 13)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Boudleaux Bryant</span> (CM 91, NS 72) died in Knoxville, Tennessee (cancer), 1987 (was 67)<br />Lew DeWitt retired from the Statler Brothers because of health issues, 1982<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Billboard</span> magazine renames the "Hillbilly" music chart the "<span style="font-style: italic;">Country and Western</span>" chart, 1949<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 26:</span><br /><br />Gretchen Wilson born in Granite City, Illinois, 1973 (now 49)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Colonel Tom Parker born in Breda, Netherlands, 1909 (died 1997). Before Elvis, Colonel Tom managed Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold, and Minnie Pearl.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Doc Williams born in Cleveland, Ohio, 1914 (died 2011)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Kenny Baker</b> (BG 99) born in Jenkins, Kentucky, 1926 (died 2011)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Charlie Cline</b> of the <b>Lonesome Pine Fiddlers</b> (BG 09) born in Gilbert Creek, Virginia, 1931 (died 2004)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Vernon Presley died in Memphis, Tennessee (heart failure), 1979 (was 63)</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Elvis Presley's final concert, at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, 1977</span><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 27:</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lorrie Morgan born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1959 (now 63)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Elton Britt born in Marshall, Arkansas, 1913 (died 1972)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rosalie Allen born in Old Forge, Pennsylavania, 1924 (died 2003)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Little Roy Wiggins</b> (StG 85) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1926 (died 1999)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Joe Maphis died near Los Angeles, California (lung cancer), 1986 (was 65)<br />Bob Keeshan born in Lynbrook, New York, 1927 (died 2004). The Statler Brothers referenced Keeshan's best-known character in their hit "Flowers on the Wall:" "Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo."</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Susanna Clark died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 2012 (was 73)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 28:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>George Morgan</b> (CM 98) born in Waverly, Tennessee, 1924 (died 1975)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bobby Caldwell</b> (StG 10) born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1941 (died 2009)<br />The WWVA Wheeling Jamboree began, 1940<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 29:</span><br /><br /><b>T. Tommy Cutrer</b> (DJ 80) born in Osyka, Mississippi, 1924 (died 1998)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Frank Loesser born in New York City, 1910 (died 1969). The legendary pop songwriter was the first "victim" of a Homer & Jethro parody in 1949, "Baby, It's Cold Outside." After Homer & Jethro recorded seven more parodies of Loesser compositions for an EP (<em>Homer & Jethro Fracture Frank Loesser</em>), Loesser, a fan of the pair, wrote the liner notes.<br />Rosemary Clooney died in Beverly Hills, California (lung cancer), 2002 (was 74). The pop singer worked on WLW with many country singers and recorded a cover of the Carl Smith hit "If Teardrops Were Pennies."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 30:</span><br /><br />Dwayne O'Brien of Little Texas born in Ada, Oklahoma, 1963 (now 59)<br />Doyle Holly born in Perkins, Oklahoma, 1936 (died 2007)<br /><b>R.W. Blackwood</b> of the <b>Blackwood Brothers Quartet</b> (SG 02) died in Clanton, Alabama (plane crash), 1954 (was 33)<br /><b>Bill Lyles</b> of the <b>Blackwood Brothers Quartet</b> (SG 02) died in Clanton, Alabama (plane crash), 1954 (was 34)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chet Atkins</span> (CM 73, RR 02, GLA 93) died in Nashville, Tennessee (brain cancer), 2001 (was 77)</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-29646381756239109942022-05-29T21:34:00.001-04:002022-06-14T21:06:23.706-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, June 1-15<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Category: News</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; GLA= Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient; RR=country act inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 1:</span></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span>Pat Boone born in Jacksonville, Florida, 1934 (now 88). The legendary pop crooner married </span><span>Red Foley</span><span>'s daughter Shirley.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Ronnie Dunn</b> of <b>Brooks & Dunn</b> (CM 19) born in Coleman, Texas, 1953 (now 69)<br /><b>Elsie McWilliams</b> (NS 79) born in Harperville, Mississippi, 1896 (died 1985)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Lee Allen of the Allen Brothers born in Sewanee, Tennessee, 1906 (died 1981)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnny Bond</span><span> (CM 99, NS 70) born in Enville, Oklahoma, 1915 (died 1978)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b>Hazel Dickens</b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> (BG 17) born in Mercer County, West Virginia, 1925 (died 2011)</span></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dale Warren of the Sons of the Pioneers born in Rockford, Illinois, 1925 (died 2008)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Andy Griffith born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, 1926 (died 2012)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Wayne Kemp</b> (NS 99) born in Greenwood, Arkansas, 1941 (died 2015)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jimmy Murphy died (unknown cause), 1981 (was 55)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 2:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Carl Butler born in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1927 (died 1992)<br />Helen Carter died in Nashville, Tennessee (gastrointestinal issues), 1998 (was 70)<br />Adolph Hofner died in San Antonio, Texas (illness), 2000 (was 83)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Weldon Myrick </b>(StG 97) died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 2014 (was 76)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>George Beasley</b> (DJ 20) died in Naples, Florida (unknown cause), 2021 (was 89)<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jimmy Capps died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2020 (was 81)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 3:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Fred "Too Slim" LeBour of Riders in the Sky born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1948 (now 74)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Deke Dickerson born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1968 (now 54)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jamie O'Neal born in Sydney, Australia, 1968 (now 54)<br />Curly Williams born in Cairo, Georgia, 1914 (died 1970)<br />Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph born in Paducah, Kentucky, 1927 (died 2007)<br />Wally Fowler died at Dale Hollow Lake, Tennessee (heart attack/drowned), 1994 (was 77)<br />Van Stoneman of the Stoneman Family died in Mufreesboro, Tennessee (Parkinson's disease), 1995 (was 54)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">James Alan Shelton died in Kingsport, Tennessee (cancer), 2014 (was 51)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Howard Vokes died in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (unknown cause), 2018 (was 86)<br />Graceland opens to the public, 1982<br />The Cincinnati radio show Midwest Hayride begins television broadcasts (on WLW-TV), 1955<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 4:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Linda Martell born in Leesville, South Carolina, 1941 (now 81). She was the first black female artist to perform on the Grand Ole Opry.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Texas Ruby Owens born in Wise County, Texas, 1910 (died 1963)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bill Mack</b><span> (DJ 82) born in Shamrock, Texas, 1929 (died 2020)</span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />Freddy Fender born in San Benito, Texas, 1937 (died 2006)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Herby Wallace</b><span> (StG 01) born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1947 (died 2012)</span><span><br /><b>Zeke Clements</b> (NS 71) died in Nashville, Tennessee (post-operative complications), 1994 (was 82)<br /><b>John Hartford</b> (BG 10) died in Madison, Tennessee (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), 2001 (was 63)<br />Alabama's annual "June Jam" concert began in Fort Payne, Alabama, 1982<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 5:</span></span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don Reid </span>(CM 08) born in Staunton, Virginia, 1945 (now 77)<br />Gail Davies born in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, 1948 (now 74)<br />William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd born in Cambridge, Ohio, 1895 (died 1972)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Vaughn Horton</b> (NS 71) born in Broad Top, Pennsylvania, 1911 (died 1988)<br />Hal "Lone" Pine born in Pea Cove, Maine, 1916 (died 1977)<br />John "Lonzo" Sullivan died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1967 (was 48)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Conway Twitty</span> (CM 99, NS 93) died in Springfield, Missouri (abdominal aneurysm), 1993 (was 59)<br />Ronald Reagan died in Los Angeles, California (complications of Alzheimer's disease), 2004 (was 93). While governor of California, the former president signed a full pardon for former convict Merle Haggard.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Don Bowman died in Branson, Missouri (complications of a stroke), 2013 (was 75)<br />Grand Ole Opry's first performance at the Ryman auditorium, 1943</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The United States Postal Service issues the Johnny Cash postage stamp, 2013<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 6:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Joe Stampley born in Springhill, Louisiana, 1943 (now 79)<br />Gid Tanner of the Skillet Lickers born in Thomas Bridge, Georgia, 1885 (died 1960)<br />Asher Sizemore born in Manchester, Kentucky, 1906 (died 1973)<br />Charlie Cline of the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers born in Gilbert, West Virginia, 1931 (died 2004)<br />Claudette Orbison, wife of Roy Orbison, died in Gallatin, Tennessee (motorcycle accident), 1966 (was 24)<br />Grant Turner began his tenure as Grand Ole Opry announcer, 1944<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 7:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Sir Tom Jones born in Treforest, South Wales, 1940 (now 82). The legendary pop/rock singer had a hit with a cover of "Green, Green Grass of Home" in 1967 and hit the country charts with "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" in 1977.<br />Larry Boone born in Cooper City, Florida, 1956 (now 66)<br />Dean Martin born in Steubenville, Ohio, 1917 (died 1995). The pop crooner recorded two albums of country music on Reprise in the early 60s and sang with Ricky Nelson in the John Wayne classic <span style="font-style: italic;">Rio Bravo</span> in 1969.<br />Wynn Stewart born in Morrisville, Missouri, 1934 (died 1985)<br />Courtney Johnson of New Grass Revival died in Glasgow, Kentucky (lung cancer), 1996 (was 56)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 8:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Vernon Oxford born in Rogers, Arkansas, 1941 (now 81)<br />Adolph Hofner born in Moulton, Texas, 1916 (died 2000)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Tony Rice</b><span> (BG 13) born in Danville, Virginia, 1951 (died 2020)</span><span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alton Delmore</span> (CM 01, NS 71) died in Huntsville, Alabama (alcohol-related illness), 1964 (was 55)<br />Roba Stanley died in Gainesville, Florida (unknown cause), 1986 (was 76). She is credited as being the first female solo artist recorded in country music history (1924).<br />Tommy Perkins of the Texas Playboys died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (car accident), 2003 (was 69)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Norro Wilson</b> (NS 96) died in Nashville, Tennessee (congestive heart failure), 2017 (was 79)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">James Hand died in Austin, Texas (heart failure), 2020 (was 67)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 9:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Willard Cox of the Cox Family born in Cotton Valley, Louisiana, 1937 (now 85)<br />Jamie Dailey of Dailey & Vincent born in Corbin, Kentucky, 1975 (now 47)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Les Paul born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1915 (died 2009). In addition to his recordings with wife Mary Ford, Paul invented the solid-body electric guitar and multi-track recording. He also won a Grammy for his album with Chet Atkins, <span style="font-style: italic;">Chester and Lester</span>, in 1976.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Herb Remington</b> (StG 79) born in Mishawaka, Indiana, 1926 (died 2018)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 10:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b><br /></b></span><b>Thom Schuyler</b><span> (NS 11) born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1952 (now 70)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Brian Hofeldt of the Derailers born in Idaho, 1967 (now 55)<br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Herman Crook of the Crook Brothers died in Nashville, Tennesee (heart attack), 1988 (was 89). Crook was the last surviving member of the original Grand Ole Opry/WSM Barn Dance cast from 1925.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Steve Sanders, who replaced William Lee Golden in the Oak Ridge Boys for 15 years, died in Cape Coral, Florida (suicide), 1998 (was 45)<br /><b>Ray Charles</b> (CM 21, RR 86) died in Beverly Hills, California (complications of liver disease), 2004 (was 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Chuck Glaser died (unknown cause), 2019 (was 83)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 11:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span><b><br /></b></span><span>Jay McDowell of BR-549 born in Bedford, Indiana, 1969 (now 53)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Edwin Duhon of the Hackberry Ramblers born in Lafayette, Louisiana, 1910 (died 2006)<br />Brother Dave Gardner born in Jackson, Tennessee, 1926 (died 1983)<br />Jud Strunk born in Jamestown, New York, 1936 (died 1981)</span><span> </span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Wilma Burgess born in Orlando, Florida, 1939 (died 2003)<br />Henry Maddox of the Maddox Brothers & Rose died aboard a mercy flight between Ashland, Oregon and Portland, Oregon (kidney disease), 1974 (was 46)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jim Ed Brown</b> (CM 15) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 2015 (was 81). Brown died less than three months after it was announced that he would be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">John Wayne died in Los Angeles, California (stomach cancer), 1979 (was 72). The actor has been referenced in a number of country songs.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 12:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span">Junior Brown born in Kirksville, Indiana, 1952 (now 70)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Penny Jay born in Monteagle Mountain, Tennessee, 1927 (died 2006)<br />Dr. Humphrey Bate of the Possum Hunters died in Castalain Springs, Tennessee (heart attack), 1936 (was 61)<br />J.E. Mainer died (heart attack), 1971 (was 72)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Johnny Bond</span> (CM 99, NS 70) died in Burbank, California (complications from stroke/heart attack), 1978 (was 63)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Winnie Winston</b> (StG 10) died in New Zealand (prostate cancer), 2005 (was 64)<br />Danny Davis (<i>ne</i> George Joseph Nowlan) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart failure), 2008 (was 83)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 13:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Slim Dusty born in Kempsey, Australia, 1927 (died 2003)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Howard Vokes born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, 1931 (died 2018)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jimmy Dean</b><span> (CM 10) died in Varina, Virginia (natural causes), 2010 (was 81)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Frances Preston</b> (CM 92) died in Nashville, Tennessee (congestive heart failure), 2012 (was 83)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Chips Moman died in LaGrange, Georgia (long illness), 2016 (was 79)<br />The Country Music Foundation Library and Media Center opened in the basement of the Country Music Hall of Fame, 1972. The CMF is now on the top floor of the new Hall of Fame building.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 14:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Burl Ives born in Newton, Illinois, 1909 (died 1995)<br />Lash LaRue born in Gretna, Louisiana, 1917 (died 1996). The Western actor was the first sidekick to western singer/actor/songwriter Eddie Dean and was mentioned in the Statler Brothers' "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman</span> (CM 08) died in Nashville, Tennessee (illness), 1968 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Tom Tall died in Los Angeles, California (unknown cause), 2013 (was 75)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">D.J. Fontana died in Nashville, Tennessee (natural causes), 2017 (was 87)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Joel Whitburn died (illness), 2022 (was 82)<br />Patsy Cline seriously injured in a car accident in Madison, Tennessee, 1961. A woman and her 5-year-old son were killed in the wreck.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">June 15:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><br /></b>Terri Gibbs born in Miami, Florida, 1954 (now 68)<br />Blind Alfred Reed born in Floyd, Virginia, 1880 (died 1956)<br /><b>Tex Owens</b> (NS 71) born in Killeen, Texas, 1892 (died 1962)<br />Marvin Hughes born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1911 (died 1986)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Leon Payne</b> (NS 70) born in Alba, Texas, 1917 (died 1969)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">RCA engineer Bill Porter born in St. Louis, Missouri, 1931 (died 2010)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bob White</b> (StG 90) born in Jenny Lind, Arkansas, 1932 (died 2003)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Waylon Jennings</span> (CM 01, NS 95) born in Littlefield, Texas, 1937 (died 2002)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span></span><span>Ruby Falls died in Nashville, Tennessee (cerebral hemorrhage), 1986 (was 40)<br /><i>Hee Haw</i> debuted on CBS as the summer replacement show for <span style="font-style: italic;">The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</span>, 1969. </span></span></span></span></div></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-54819745350101870472022-05-20T20:58:00.000-04:002022-05-20T20:58:51.330-04:00Time to Rant<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Category: News/Opinion</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Earlier this week I celebrated the joy of the inductions of Jerry Lee Lewis and the late Keith Whitley into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Now is the time to rant.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A little backstory: when I was in college I had a column for a small zine called <i>Hard Country Beat</i>. I wrote an entry that was similar to what I’m about to opine, and I got called on the carpet for it. I was a lot younger then. I’m old now (getting social security), so I don’t give a rat’s tuchas…even less than I did 30 years ago! If someone’s tail feathers get ruffled by this, then <b>good:</b> pay attention, and do something about it!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Along with the two musicians inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Country Music Association reverted to one of its old, boring, tiresome tactics: giving a Hall of Fame plaque instead of a gold watch to a CMA executive. This time, Joe Galante gets the induction. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Yes, Joe Galante has a long (starting in 1974) career with RCA Victor records, helping with the “outlaw” era in the 70s that popularized country music on the pop charts amid the Bee Gees’ disco invasion. Yes, he helped with the careers of future Hall of Famers like Alabama, Vince Gill, and Keith Whitley. Yes indeed, Galante’s long career is quite noteworthy. And yes, I believe Galante belongs in the Hall of Fame.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But Joe Galante is <i>also</i> a member of the Country Music Association (CMA) board of directors. As in, the CMA who votes who goes — and who <b>doesn’t</b> go — into the Hall of Fame. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, Syd Nathan will yet again have to wait another three years to be considered, when he should have been inducted with the “big class” in 2001, if not <i>earlier</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why should Syd Nathan be inducted, especially over a record executive from the 70s, 80s, and 90s? Because of one very simple fact: Sydney Nathan INVENTED the all-country music record label. And he did it <b>in 1943</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So why on this earth is this long-deceased bespectacled Jewish businessman from Cincinnati constantly overlooked by the Country Music Hall of Fame?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No, I don’t think for a second that it’s because of the “Jewish businessman” descriptor. Rather, the fact that he was based in Cincinnati seems to be the problem.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>While Nashville has long had a love/hate relationship with country music, for some reason the “powers that be” want every tourist to think that country music <u>only</u> existed because of Nashville. We all know better. Many of the pre-World War II recordings in country music were recorded everywhere <b>except</b> Nashville. (There’s a nice monument to the Gennett Records studios in Richmond, Indiana, where a number of country, jazz, and “race” records were recorded in the 1920s and 30s.) </span><span>Good ol’ Nashville, who not only committed murder down on Music Row but also razed the buildings, now tries to bill itself as the epitome of country music. Do you know where the </span><i style="font-weight: bold;">only</i><span> building where Hank Williams recorded still standing </span><i>is</i><span> standing? In Cincinnati, the home of Syd Nathan. (As the Robin and Linda Williams song “Rollin’ and Ramblin’ (The Death of Hank Williams)” says, “Folks in Nashville slammed the door.” If you want Hank history, don’t go to Nashville, ‘cause you won’t find any there.)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In Cincinnati, during World War II, record store owner Syd Nathan tapped into the wealth of talent available at nearby WLW radio, as well as down the road a little way at Renfro Valley (which actually started as a radio show on WLW before moving to Mount Sterling, Kentucky). As the proprietor of a record store, he <b>knew</b> firsthand what people were buying. As a result, in 1943, he founded King Records.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">King Records could be considered as much a “cradle of the Hall of Fame” as Knoxville, Tennessee is. Among the Hall of Famers who recorded for King (either initially or at some point of their career): the Delmore Brothers, Bill Carlisle, Grandpa Jones, and Homer & Jethro; along with Bluegrass Hall of Famers the Stanley Brothers, Jimmy Martin, and Reno & Smiley, and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Moon Mullican. Add to that the should-be Hall of Famers like Cowboy Copas and you can see that the roster was filled with talent.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite the incredible contributions Nathan made to country music through King Records, the Country Music Hall of Fame is the only music hall of fame that has not honored him. The significance of what King (and its R&B spinoff label, Queen) did in the 40s has been recognized elsewhere.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nathan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records (named in honor of King Records, as he worked for Nathan), wrote at the conclusion of his essay about Nathan’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, “</span><span style="font-family: arial;">With his singular vision and unflagging determination, he helped spread the sounds of C&W, R&B, and ultimately, rock and roll across the nation.” </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Additionally, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, where Nathan was inducted in 2006, pointed out the foresight of Nathan’s desire to have complete control, noting that King was the first label to have <i>everything</i> — from recording to pressing to shipping — under one roof. They also pointed out that Nathan, in 1945, hired Dr. Henry Glover as an A&R executive, making the co-writer of “Blues, Stay Away From Me” the first African-American executive at a white-owned business.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Syd Nathan has the credentials, and then some. While he died in 1968, it’s no exaggeration to say the Country Music Association is a good 30 years behind the times in acknowledging what Nathan did for the popularity, promotion, and production of country music. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If only we could get the the CMA to stop kissing its own rear end and acknowledge someone else’s contributions to country music….</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-50751090094733735482022-05-18T15:05:00.000-04:002022-05-18T15:05:01.603-04:00Time to Celebrate!<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Category: News</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Goodness, gracious, I’m over you!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2022 was announced yesterday (5/17) at the Hall of Fame rotunda in Nashville. The two musical inductees are a true delight to announce.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the veterans category, Jerry Lee Lewis finally gets inducted. After his severe stroke in 2019 it was becoming worrisome that he would not live to see his induction, but it has happened in 2022. Lewis joins a select few who are inductees into both the Country Music <i>and</i> Rock and Roll halls of fame. His rock induction was with the inaugural class in 1986.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If it seems strange that one of the founders of rock and roll would be going into the Country hall of fame, it shouldn’t. Lewis’ career was far bigger and more expansive in country than in rock and roll. As funny as it seems now, with the “anything goes” attitude in rock, Lewis was ostracized after his marriage to Myra Gale Brown, who was 13 and Lewis’ cousin once removed, in 1958. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lewis came back in country, scoring a number of hits such as “What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me),” “Would You Take Another Chance on Me,” and “Once More With Feeling.” While he’ll forever be known as “The Killer” and his assault on the piano in the early days of rock and roll, his country career was much bigger…and now has been acknowledged.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sadly, the announcement came ten days after his cousin, Mickey Gilley, passed away. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The modern era inductee is the late Keith Whitley. From his early days of playing country in eastern Kentucky to a stint playing with bluegrass legends Ralph Stanley and J.D. Crowe, Whitley was destined for greatness. As part of the “neo-traditional” movement in the late 80s with Ricky Skaggs (with whom he worked with Stanley and did two duet albums), Randy Travis, and Dwight Yoakam, Whitley’s list of hits included “I’m No Stranger to the Rain,” “I’m Over You,” and “When You Say Nothing At All.” </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On May 9, 1989, Whitley was found dead in his Nashville home. The autopsy showed that he had a blood alcohol level of .47. He was only 33 years old. Rumors persisted — and still do — about the reasons why, but the sad reality is that we were robbed of decades of a remarkable talent.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At least his plaque will now hang in Nashville as a testimony to what he <i>did</i> give us.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Hall of Fame also inducted an executive, but I’ll rant about that later. This is the time to celebrate the remarkable achievements of two great legends.</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-30099854236373554622022-05-13T22:42:00.001-04:002022-05-30T19:46:35.536-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, May 16-31<p><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Category: News</span></b></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">(Hall of Fame members in </span><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">bold</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; DJ=Country Music Disc Jockey; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; RR=country performer also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient)</span><span><br /><br /><b>May 16:</b></span><span><br /><br />Rick Trevino born in Austin, Texas, 1971 (now 51)<br />Laura Lee Owens, the "Queen of Western Swing," born in Kansas City, Missouri, 1920 (died 1989)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Wallace Lewis </b>of the <b>Lewis Family</b> (BG 06) died in Washington, Georgia (complications of Parkinson's disease), 2007 (was 78)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Doug Dillard </b>of the <b>Dillards</b> (BG 09) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung infection), 2012 (was 75)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 17:</span><br /><br /><b>Pat Flynn </b>of the <b>New Grass Revival</b> (BG 20) born in Los Angeles, California, 1952 (now 70)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grant Turner</span> (CM 81, DJ 75) born in Abeline, Texas, 1912 (died 1991)<br /><b>Paul Warren</b> (BG 13) born in Lyles, Tennessee, 1918 (died 1978)<br /><b>Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley</b> (BG 92) born in Marshall, North Carolina, 1925 (died 1984)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Penny DeHaven born in Winchester, Virginia, 1948 (died 2014)</span><span><br /><b>Wiley Walker </b>of<b> Wiley & Gene</b> (NS 71) died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (cancer), 1966 (was 54)<br />New Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum building opened, 2001. Nearly every living Hall of Famer was present at the opening ceremonies, and the audience was treated to a tour of the new facilities for free.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 18:</span><br /><br /><b>Rodney Dillard </b>of <b>the Dillards</b> (BG 09) born in East St. Louis, Illinois, 1942 (now 80)<br /><b>Joe Bonsall</b> of the <b>Oak Ridge Boys</b> born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1948 (now 74)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Tom Shapiro</b> (NS 08) born in Kansas City, Missouri, 1950 (now 72)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Strait</span> (CM 06) born in Poteet, Texas, 1952 (now 69)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Leon Ashley born in Newton County, Georgia, 1936 (died 2013)</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Gary Scruggs born in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1949 (died 1992)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 19:</span><br /><br />Martha Carson born in Neon, Kentucky, 1921 (died 2004)<br />Rex Gosdin born in Woodland, Alabama, 1938 (died 1983)<br /><b>Mickey Newberry</b> (NS 80) born in Houston, Texas, 1940 (died 2002)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 20:</span><br /><br />"Lonesome George" Gobel born in Chicago, Illinois, 1919 (died 1991). Although many may remember him as a comedian and regular on <span style="font-style: italic;">Hollywood Squares</span>, one of Gobel's earliest jobs in entertainment was on the WLS <span style="font-style: italic;">National Barn Dance</span> when he was a teenager in the 1930s.<br />Jack Cash, brother of Johnny Cash, died in Dyess, Arkansas (injuries from accident with table saw), 1944 (was 15)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 21:</span><br /><br />Henry Glover born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1921 (died 1991). The R&B songwriter and pioneering black record company executive co-wrote "Blues, Stay Away From Me" with the Delmore Brothers and Wayne Raney in 1949.<br />Charlie Poole died in Spray, North Carolina (alcohol-related heart failure), 1931 (was 39)<br />Billy Walker died in Fort Deposit, Alabama (car wreck), 2006 (was 77)<br />Vaughn Monroe died in Stuart, Florida (post-operative complications), 1973 (was 61). Among the pop singer's many hits was "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 22:</span><br /><br />Buddy Alan born in Mega, Arizona, 1948 (now 74)</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rich Alves of Pirates of the Mississippi born in Pleasanton, California, 1953 (now 69)<br />Dana Williams of Diamond Rio born in Dayton, Ohio, 1961 (now 61)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ralph S. Peer</span> (CM 84) born in Independence, Missouri, 1892 (died 1960)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Miggie Lewis </b><span>of the</span><b> Lewis Family</b><span> (BG 06) born in Richmond County, Georgia, 1926 (died 2017)</span><br />Royce Kendall died in LaCrosse, Wisconsin (stroke), 1988 (was 63)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 23:</span><br /><br /><b>Ken Irwin</b> (BG 16) born in New York, New York, 1944 (now 78)<br />Shelley West born in Cleveland, Ohio, 1958 (now 64)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Leroy Troy born in Goodlettesville, Tennessee, 1966 (now 56)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Mac Wiseman</b> (CM 14, BG 93) born in Crimora, Virginia, 1925 (died 2019)<br />Rosemary Clooney born in Maysville, Kentucky, 1928 (died 2002). The legendary pop singer recorded a number of country songs, including covering Carl Smith's hit "If Teardrops Were Pennies."</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Misty Morgan born in Buffalo, New York, 1945 (died 2021)</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br />Rex Gosdin died (heart attack), 1983 (was 45)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 24:</span><br /><br /><b>Mike Reid</b> (NS 05) born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 1947 (now 75)<br /><b>Rosanne Cash</b> (NS 15) born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1955 (now 67)<br />Billy Gilman born in Westerly, Rhode Island, 1988 (now 34). Gilman's "One Voice" hit #1 when he was 12, making him the youngest person in <span style="font-style: italic;">Billboard</span> country chart history to have a #1 song.<br />Gene Clark of the Byrds and Dillard & Clark died in Sherman Oaks, California (bleeding ulcer), 1991 (was 46)<br />Vivian Liberto died in Ventura, California (cancer), 2005 (was 71). Vivian was Johnny Cash's first wife and Rosanne Cash's mother.<br />Jimmie Rodgers recorded "Old Love Letters (Bring Memories of You)," "Mississippi Delta Blues," "Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line," and "Years Ago" in New York City, 1933. Ravaged with tuberculosis, they would be the final recordings of the Father of Country Music.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The United States Postal Service issues the Jimmie Rodgers postage stamp, 1978<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 25:</span><br /><br />Jessi Colter born in Phoenix, Arizona, 1947 (now 75)<br />Dr. Humphrey Bate of the Possum Hunters born in Castallian Springs, Tennessee, 1875 (died 1936)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman</span> (CM 08) born in Monarat, Virginia, 1893 (died 1968)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Hal David</b> (NS 84) born in New York, New York, 1921 (died 2012)</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Tom T. Hall</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (CM 08, NS 78, BG 18) born in Olive Hill, Kentucky, 1936 (died 2021)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dick Curless died in Bangor, Maine (stomach cancer), 1995 (was 63)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 26:</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Randall Hank Williams Jr.</b> (CM 20, NS 07) born in Shreveport, Louisiana, 1949 (now 73)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Richard Leigh</b> (NS 94) born in Washington, DC, 1951 (now 71)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Lance LeRoy</b> (BG 00) born in Tingall, Georgia, 1930 (died 2015)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span>Levon Helm born in Marvell, Arkansas, 1940 (died 2012). The actor and drummer/singer for the Band made his acting debut in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Coal Miner's Daughter</span><span>.</span></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmie Rodgers</span> (CM 61, NS 70, RR 86, GLA 17) died in New York, New York (tuberculosis), 1933 (was 35)<br />Onie Wheeler died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1984 (was 62). He died on the Grand Ole Opry stage during a performance of the post-Friday Night Opry show, <span style="font-style: italic;">Grand Ole Gospel</span>.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Judy Lynn died in New Albany, Indiana (congestive heart failure), 2010 (was 74)<br />The first International Country Music Conference held in Meridian, Mississippi, 1983. The three-day event began as a memorial to Jimmie Rodgers and coincides with the anniversary of his death.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 27:</span><br /><br /><b>Redd Stewart</b> (NS 70) born in Ashland City, Tennessee, 1921 (died 2003)<br />Kenny Price born in Florence, Kentucky, 1931 (died 1987)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don Williams</span> (CM 10) born in Floydada, Texas, 1939 (died 2017)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Slim Bryant died in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania (long-term illness), 2010 (was 101)<br />Opryland opened, 1972 (closed 1997)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 28:</span><br /><br />John Fogerty born in Berkeley, California, 1945 (now 77). The leader of Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded an album of country songs under the pseudonym <span style="font-style: italic;">Blue Ridge Rangers</span> in 1973, hitting the country chart with his rendition of "Jambalaya," and several songs Fogerty has written have been recorded by country singers.<br />Jerry Douglas born in Warren, Ohio, 1956 (now 66)<br />Phil Vassar born in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1965 (now 57)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Gary Stewart born in Jenkins, Kentucky, 1945 (died 2003)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 29:</span><br /><br /><b>Carl Story</b> (BG 07) born in Lenoir, North Carolina, 1916 (died 1995)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Danny Davis (<i>ne</i> George Joseph Nowlan) of the Nashville Brass born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1925 (died 2008)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Doc Watson</b> (BG 00) died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (complications from abdominal surgery), 2012 (was 89)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">B.J. Thomas died in Arlington, Texas (lung cancer), 2021 (was 78)<br />Mother Maybelle and the Carter Family became members of the Grand Ole Opry, 1950<br />Hank and Audrey Williams divorced, 1952<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 30:</span><br /><br />Mike Snider born in Gleason, Tennessee, 1960 (now 62)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Wynonna Judd</b> (CM 21) born in Ashland, Kentucky, 1964 (now 58)<br />Lewis Crook of the Crook Brothers born in Trousdale County, Tennessee, 1909 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Johnny Gimble</b> (CM 18) born in Tyler, Texas, 1926 (died 2015)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Don Wayne</b> (NS 78) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1933 (died 2011)<br />Karl Davis of Karl & Harty died in Chicago, Illinois (cancer), 1979 (was 73)<br />Bobby Harden of the Harden Trio died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 2006 (was 70)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 31:</span><br /><br />Vic Willis of the Willis Brothers born in Schulter, Oklahoma, 1922 (died 1995)<br />Johnny Paycheck (<i>ne</i> Donald Eugene Lytle) born in Greenfield, Ohio, 1938 (died 2003)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bud Carter </b>(StG 09) born in Sullivan, Missouri, 1931 (died 2015)<br />William "Red" Rector died in Knoxville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1990 (was 60)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Lloyd Perryman </b>of<b> the Sons of the Pioneers</b> (CM 80) died in Burbank, California (complications of heart surgery), 1977 (was 60)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Jerry Sullivan of the Sullivan Family died in Alabama (illness), 2014 (was 80)</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-3814902462158933802022-04-30T21:33:00.000-04:002022-04-30T21:33:36.851-04:00Love Can Build a Bridge<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Category: News/Obituary</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May 1, 2022 was supposed to be special day for Naomi and Wynonna Judd, as the formal induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame for the “class of 2021” was scheduled. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Instead, it’s a day of deep sorrow. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Naomi Judd, the mother of Wynonna (and actress Ashley Judd), died today (4/30).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In their statement to the Associated Press, the sisters wrote:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness. We are shattered. We are navigating profound grief and know that as we loved her, she was loved by her public. We are in unknown territory.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The wording does imply that Naomi may have taken her own life; however, no explicit details were released.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Judds’ Hall of Fame career began with “Mama, He’s Crazy” in 1984. After follow-up hits like “Why Not Me,” “Give a Little Love,” and the Grammy-winning “Love Can Build a Bridge” brought them to superstardom, Naomi, who had started singing with daughter Wynonna (who took her stage name from the song “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”: “Flagstaff, Arizona, don’t forget Winona”) while working as a nurse, stopped performing in 1991 because of a diagnosis of hepatitis C. Wynonna continued on her own with a successful solo career. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mother and daughter were hoping to do a reunion tour in 2020 before COVID hit. The plans were rescheduled for last year, and had finally been set for later this year. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Naomi, however, had a long history of battling severe depression. She was quite open about the sexual abuse she endured as a youngster and her prolonged panic attacks that kept her locked away in her home for months at a time.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Deepest condolences to Wynonna, Ashley, and a world of fans who are shocked and stunned by this tragic news the day before what was to be the crowning achievement in the Judds’ wonderful career.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Naomi Judd was 76.</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-51189715676796051432022-04-29T21:58:00.001-04:002022-05-13T22:35:14.037-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, May 1-15<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Category: News</span></p><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span>(Hall of Fame members in </span><b>bold</b><span> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; GLA=Grammy Lifetime Achievement; RR=country act also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.)</span><span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 1:</span><br /><br />Rita Coolidge born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1944 (now 78). Although primarily a pop singer, Coolidge had a dozen songs chart in country. She is also the former wife of Kris Kristofferson.<br />Wayne Hancock born in Dallas, Texas, 1965 (now 57)<br />Sam McGee born in Williamson County, Tennessee, 1894 (died 1975)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Sonny James</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> (</span><i>ne</i><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> James Loden) (CM 06) born in Hackleburg, Alabama, 1929 (died 2016)</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br />Jimmy Gately born in Springfield, Missouri, 1931 (died 1985)<br />Ott Devine born in Gadsen, Alabama, 1910 (died 1994)<br />Spike Jones died in Bel Air, California (emphysema), 1965 (was 53). The novelty band leader recorded "Pal-Yat-Chee" with Homer and Jethro, and Red Ingle (of Red Ingle & Natural Seven, of "Temp-Tay-Shun" fame) was once a member of Jones' City Slickers.<br />Jim Hager of the Hager Twins died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2008 (was 66)<br />Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1967<br />A six-inch rainstorm hit Nashville, 2010. The massive flood damaged the Grand Ole Opry House, the Opryland Hotel, the WSM-AM studios, the basement of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Wildhorse Saloon, the instrument storage business Soundcheck, and a number of country singers' homes. Over 13 inches of rain fell over a two-day period in Music City and killed nearly two dozen.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 2:</span><br /><br />R.C. Bannon born in Dallas, Texas, 1945 (now 77)</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b>Sharon Vaughn</b> (NS 19) born in Orlando, Florida, 1947 (now 75)<br />Larry Gatlin born in Seminole, Texas, 1948 (now 74)<br />Ty Herndon born in Meridian, Mississippi, 1962 (now 60)<br />Roy Lee Centers of the Clinch Mountain Boys died in Jackson, Kentucky (shot to death -- details disputed between a fight, "road rage" or murder), 1974 (was 29)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b>John Starling</b> (BG 14) died in Fredericksburg, Virginia (heart failure), 2019 (was 79)<br />"Slowly" by Webb Pierce hits #1 on the <span style="font-style: italic;">Billboard</span> charts, 1954. It becomes the first #1 song to feature the pedal steel guitar.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 3:</span><br /><br />Cactus Moser of Highway 101 born in Montrose, Colorado, 1957 (now 65)<br />Bing Crosby born in Tacoma, Washington, 1903 (died 1977). The pop crooner has the distinction of being the performer of the first #1 single in <span style="font-style: italic;">Billboard</span> magazine's "Hillbilly and Western Singles" history with his rendition of Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama." Dexter's own recording was the second #1 song.<br />Dave Dudley born in Spencer, Wisconsin, 1928 (died 2003)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patsy Montana</span> (CM 96) died in San Jancinto, California (unknown cause), 1996 (was 83)<br />Dollywood theme park opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, 1986<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 4:</span><br /><br />Stella Parton born in Sevierville, Tennessee, 1949 (now 73)<br />Robert Ellis Orrall born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, 1955 (now 67)<br /><b>Randy Travis</b> (CM 16) born in Marshville, North Carolina, 1959 (now 63)<br /><b>Al Dexter</b> (<i>ne</i> Clarence Albert Poindexter) (NS 71) born in Jacksonville, Texas, 1902 (died 1984)<br />Bobby Austin born in Wenatchee, Washington, 1933 (died 2002)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Joe L. Frank</span> (CM 67) died in Chicago, Illinois (complications of throat infection), 1952 (was 52)<br />Leo Jackson died in Nashville, Tennessee (suicide [gunshot]), 2008 (was 73)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 5:</span><br /><br />Roni Stoneman born in Washington, DC, 1938 (now 84)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Glen Duncan of Lonesome Standard Time born in Columbus, Indiana, 1955 (now 67)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">J.D. Miller born in Iota, Louisiana, 1922 (died 1996)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Ace Cannon born in Grenada, Mississippi, 1934 (died 2018)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tammy Wynette</span> (CM 98, NS 09) born in Itawamba County, Mississippi, 1942 (died 1998)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Wayne Carson</b> (NS 97) born in Denver, Colorado, 1942 (died 2015)<br />Jerry Wallace died in Corona, California (congestive heart failure), 2008 (was 79)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 6:</span><br /><br />Jimmie Dale Gilmore born in Austin, Texas, 1945 (now 77)<br />Cliff Carlisle born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, 1904 (died 1983)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lorrie Collins of the Collins Kids born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 1942 (died 2018)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Otis Blackwell</b> (NS 86) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2002 (was 71)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">George "Goober" Lindsey died in Nashville, Tennessee (brief illness), 2012 (was 83)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dottie Dillard of the Anita Kerr Singers died in Springfield, Missouri (natural causes), 2015 (was 91)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 7:</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Riley Puckett born in Alpharetta, Georgia, 1894 (died 1946)<br />Horace "Aytchie" Burns born in Cisco, Georgia, 1918 (died 1974). Aytchie, the older brother of Jethro Burns, was a performer at the WNOX Midday Merry-Go-Round and the Renfro Valley Barn Dance. While in the Army he was also the platoon sergeant of Roger Miller.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Jerry Chesnut</b> (NS 96) born in Loyall, Kentucky, 1931 (died 2018)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lorrie Collins of the Collins Kids born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1942 (died 2018)<br /><b>Eddie Rabbitt</b> (NS 98) died in Nashville, Tennessee (lung cancer), 1998 (was 56)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mickey Gilley died in Branson, Missouri (unknown cause), 2022 (was 86)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 8:</span><br /><br />Jack Blanchard born in Buffalo, New York, 1942 (now 80)<br />Del Anthony Gray of Little Texas born in Hamilton, Ohio, 1968 (now 54)<br />Jimmie Tarlton of Darby & Tarlton born in Cheraw, South Carolina, 1892 (died 1979)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Homer Bailes of the Bailes Brothers born in Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1922 (died 2013)</span><span><br /><b>Benny Martin</b> (BG 05) born in Sparta, Tennessee, 1928 (died 2001)<br />Rick Nelson born in Teaneck, New Jersey, 1940 (died 1985)<br />Leon Huff of the Light Crust Doughboys died (unknown cause), 1952 (was 39)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">George D. Hay</span> (CM 66) died in Virginia Beach, Virginia (unknown cause), 1968 (was 72)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eddy Arnold</span> (CM 66, GLA 05) died in Brentwood, Tennessee (complications from a fall), 2008 (was 89)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Charles "Everett" Lilly</b> (BG 02) died in Clear Creek, West Virginia (aneurysm/heart attack), 2012 (was 87)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 9:</span><br /><br />Richie Furay of Poco born in Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1944 (now 78)<br />Bobby Lewis born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, 1946 (now 76)<br />Fuzzy Knight born in Fairmont, West Virginia, 1901 (died 1976). The actor appeared in several films as Tex Ritter's sidekick.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hank Snow</span> (CM 79, NS 78) born in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, 1914 (died 1999)<br />Nudie Cohn died in Hollywood, California (unknown cause), 1984 (was 81)<br />Keith Whitley died in Nashville, Tennessee (alcohol poisoning), 1989 (was 33)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Johnny Gimble died in Dripping Springs, Texas (complications of a stroke), 2015 (was 88)<br />Jimmie Davis elected governor of Louisiana, 1944<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 10:</span><br /><br />Carl T. Sprague born in Houston, Texas, 1895 (died 1979)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mother Maybelle Carter</span> (CM 70, BG 01, GLA 05) born in Nicklesville, Virginia, 1909 (died 1979)<br /><b>Shel Silverstein</b> (NS 02) died in Key West, Florida (heat attack), 1999 (was 68)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 11:</span><br /><br /><strong>Bobby Black</strong> (StG 04) born in Prescott, Arizona, 1934 (now 88)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Mark Herndon </strong><span>of</span><strong> Alabama</strong><span> (CM 05) born in Springfield, Massachusetts, 1955 (now 67)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bob Atcher born in West Point, Kentucky, 1914 (died 1993)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dick Overbey</b><span> (StG 10) born in Detroit, Michigan, 1942 (died 2014)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Glen Sherley died in Salinas, California (suicide [gunshot]), 1978 (was 42)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lester Flatt</span> (CM 85, BG 91, NS 07) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart failure), 1979 (was 64)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dottie Rambo</b> (SG 97, NS 07) died in Mt. Vernon, Missouri (bus crash), 2008 (was 74)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fuzzy Owen died in Bakersfield, California (kidney failure), 2020 (was 91) <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 12:</span><br /><br /><b>Kix Brooks</b> of <b>Brooks & Dunn</b> (CM 19) born in Shreveport, Louisiana, 1955 (now 67)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Duke of Paducah, Benjamin "Whitey" Ford</span>, (CM 86) born in DeSoto, Missouri, 1901 (died 1986)<br />Joe Maphis born in Suffolk, Virginia, 1921 (died 1986)<br />Leroy Pullins born in Berea, Kentucky, 1940 (died 1984)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel died in Dallas, Texas (unknown cause), 1969 (was 79)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 13:</span><br /><br />Ray Kennedy born in Buffalo, New York, 1954 (now 67)<br />Johnnie Wright born in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, 1914 (died 2011)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jack Anglin born in Columbia, Tennesee, 1916 (died 1963)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lari White born in Dunedin, Florida, 1965 (died 2018)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gid Tanner died in Dacula, Georgia (unknown cause), 1960 (was 74)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bob Wills</span> (CM 68, NS 70, GLA 07) died Fort Worth, Texas (pneumonia/complications of stroke), 1975 (was 70)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><br /></span><span><b>May 14:</b></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><b><br /></b></span><span><b>Jimmy Martin</b> (BG 95) died in Nashville, Tennessee (bladder cancer), 2005 (was 77)</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span>Leon Rausch died in Fort Worth Texas (illness), 2019 (was 91)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May 15:</span></span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eddy Arnold</span> (CM 66, GLA 05) born in Henderson, Tennessee, 1918 (died 2008)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">K.T. Oslin born in Crossett, Arkansas, 1941 (died 2020)<br />June Carter Cash died in Nashville, Tennessee (complications from open heart surgery), 2003 (was 73)</span></div>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12463179.post-27851228145062684952022-04-12T20:05:00.002-04:002022-05-13T22:33:42.156-04:00Dates of Note in Country Music, April 16-30<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Category: News</span></span></p><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span><br /></span></span><span>(Hall of Fame members in </span><b>bold</b><span> on birth/death date, followed by hall[s] of fame in which they are enshrined and the year[s] enshrined. CM=Country Music; BG=Bluegrass; NS=Nashville Songwriter; SG=Southern Gospel; StG=Steel Guitar; LAG=Lifetime Achievement Grammy; RR=country act also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)</span></span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 16:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dusty Springfield born in London, England, 1939 (died 1999). The legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer hit the country charts in 1962 as part of the Springfields with "Silver Threads and Golden Needles."</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 17:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Craig Anderson of Heartland born in Huntsville, Alabama, 1973 (now 48)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Eddie Cochran died in Bath, England (injuries from an April 16 car wreck), 1960 (was 21). The rockabilly pioneer co-wrote "Summertime Blues," which Alan Jackson covered in country.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dorsey Dixon died in Plant City, Florida (heart attack), 1968 (was 70)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hank Penny died in Camarillo, California (heart failure), 1992 (was 73)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Linda McCartney died in Tuscon, Arizona (breast cancer), 1998 (was 56). Linda and husband Sir Paul McCartney's band, Wings, hit the country charts in 1974 with "Sally G."</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Glenn Sutton</b> (NS 99) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2007 (was 69)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Randy Scruggs died in Nashville, Tennessee (short illness), 2018 (was 64)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 18:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Walt Richmond of the Tractors born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1947 (now 73)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown born in Vinton, Louisiana, 1924 (died 2005)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Curtis Potter born in Cross Plains, Texas, 1940 (died 2016)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Your blogger born in Louisville, Kentucky, 19(?!!??!) (too young for Serutan)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Milton Brown died in Fort Worth, Texas (pneumonia resulting from injuries in an April 13 car wreck), 1936 (was 32)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 19:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Jody Carver</b> (StG 04) born in Brooklyn, New York, 1929 (now 93)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bill Rice</b> (NS 94) born in Datto, Arkansas, 1939 (now 83)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Gary Brewer born in Louisville, Kentucky, 1965 (now 57)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bobby Russell</b> (NS 94) born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1941 (died 1992)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Earl Bolick of the Blue Sky Boys died in Tucker, Georgia (unknown cause), 1998 (was 78)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Levon Helm died in New York, NY (throat cancer), 2012 (was 71)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The "National Barn Dance" debuted on WLS, Chicago, 1924</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 20:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Johnny Tillitson born in Jacksonville, Florida, 1939 (now 83)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Doyle Lawson</b> (BG 12) born in Ford Town, Tennessee, 1944 (now 78)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wade Hayes born in Bethel Acres, Oklahoma, 1969 (now 53)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Frank "Hylo" Brown born in River, Kentucky, 1922 (died 2003)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Benny Hill found dead in his London flat (coronary thrombosis), 1992 (was 68). The British comedian's <span style="font-style: italic;">Benny Hill Show</span> featured Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax" as its theme song.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 21:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wade Mainer born in Buncombe, North Carolina, 1907 (died 2011)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Ira Louvin</strong><span> (CM 01, NS 79) born in Section, Alabama, 1924 (died 1965)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Carl Belew born in Salina, Oklahoma, 1931 (died 1990)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Paul Davis</b> (NS 10) born in Meridian, Mississippi, 1948 (died 2008)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Neal Matthews Jr.</b> (CM 01) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 2000 (was 70)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 22:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Pat Enright of the Nashville Bluegrass Band born in Huntington, Indiana, 1945 (now 77)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cleve Francis born in Jennings, Louisiana, 1945 (now 77)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Larry Groce born in Dallas, Texas, 1948 (now 74). The <em>Mountain Stage</em> host had one charted record, 1977's "Junk Food Junkie," which was a minor country hit.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Reuben Gosfield of Asleep at the Wheel born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1951 (now 71)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Heath Wright of Ricochet born in Vian, Oklahoma, 1967 (now 55)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>Glen Campbell</strong> (CM 05, LAG 12) born in Delight, Arkansas, 1936 (died 2017)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ray Griff born in Vancouver, British Columbia, 1940 (died 2016)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Steve Sholes</strong> (CM 67) died in Nashville, Tennessee (heart attack), 1968 (was 57)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Felice Bryant</strong> (CM 91, NS 72) died in Nashville, Tennessee (cancer), 2003 (was 77)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Paul Davis</b> (NS 10) died in Meridian, Mississippi (heart attack), 2008 (was 60)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Richard Nixon died in New York, New York (stroke), 1994 (was 81). The former president's political troubles were chronicled in Tom T. Hall's song "Watergate Blues." Nixon also appeared on the Grand Ole Opry during its first night at the Opry House in 1974.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Hazel Dickens</b> (BG 17) died in Washington, DC (pneumonia), 2011 (was 85)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 23:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Roy Orbison</b> (NS 87, LAG 98) born in Vernon, Texas, 1936 (died 1988)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Roland White</b> of <b>the Kentucky Colonels</b> (BG 17, BG 19) born in Madawaska, Maine, 1938 (died 2022)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Kent Robbins</b> (NS 98) born in Mayfield, Kentucky, 1947 (died 1997)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Charlie Black</b> (NS 91) died in Port St. Joe, Florida (unknown cause), 2021 (was 71)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>April 24:</strong></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rebecca Lynn Howard born in Salyersville, Kentucky, 1979 (now 43)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Shirley Boone born in Chicago, Illinois, 1934 (died 2019). Pat Boone's wife was also the daughter of Red Foley.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Harry McClintock died in San Francisco, California (unknown cause), 1957 (was 74). His greatest success would come decades after his death when his recording of "Big Rock Candy Mountain" began the film <em>O Brother, Where Art Thou</em>.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Bobby Garrett</b> (StG 95) died in Tyler, Texas (cancer), 1999 (was 64)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bonnie Owens died in Bakersfield, California (Alzheimer's disease), 2006 (was 73)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Harold Reid</b> of <b>the Statler Brothers</b> (CM 08) died in Stauton, Virginia (kidney failure), 2020 (was 80)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 25:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Larry Robbins</b> of the <b>Johnson Mountain Boys</b> (BG 20) born in Dickerson, Maryland, 1945 (now 77)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Karl Farr</strong> (CM 80) born in Rochelle, Texas, 1909 (died 1961)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cliff Bruner born in Texas City, Texas, 1915 (died 2000)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Vassar Clements born in Kinard, South Carolina, 1928 (died 2005)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">O.B. McClinton born in Senatobia, Mississippi, 1940 (died 1987)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The musical <em>Big River</em> opened on Broadway, 1985. It won a "Best Musical" Tony for songwriter Roger Miller, making him, to date, the only country performer to ever win a Tony Award.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 26:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Duane Eddy born in Corning, New York, 1938 (now 83)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Fiddlin' Doc Roberts born in Richmond, Kentucky, 1897 (died 1978)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Cecil Null born in East War, West Virginia, 1927 (died 2001)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Johnny Mosby born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1933 (died 2018)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Tim Spencer</strong> (CM 80) died in Apple Valley, California (long illness), 1974 (was 65)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>Wesley Rose</strong> (CM 86) died in Nashville, Tennessee (unknown cause), 1990 (was 72)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>George Jones</b> (CM 92, LAG 12) died in Nashville, Tennessee (respiratory failure), 2013 (was 81)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 27:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Herb Pedersen of the Dillards and Desert Rose Band born in Berkley, California, 1944 (now 77)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Sydney Nathan</b> (BG 06; RR 97) born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1904 (died 1968)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Maxine Brown</b> of the <b>Browns</b> (CM 15) born in Campti, Louisiana, 1931 (died 2019)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jimmie Skinner born in Blue Lick, Kentucky, 1909 (died 1979)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 28:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dale Potter born in Puxico, Missouri, 1929 (died 1996)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tommy Caldwell of the Marshall Tucker Band died in Spartanburg, South Carolina (injuries from an April 21 car wreck), 1980 (was 30)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ken Curtis died in Clovis, California (heart attack), 1991 (was 74). The <em>Gunsmoke</em> star was also a one-time member of the Sons of the Pioneers.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 29:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><strong>Willie Nelson</strong> (CM 93, NS 73, LAG 00) born in Abbott, Texas, 1933 (now 89)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Duane Allen</b> of the <b>Oak Ridge Boys</b> (CM 15) born in Taylortown, Texas, 1943 (now 79)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Karen Brooks born in Dallas, Texas, 1954 (now 68)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Billy Mize born in Arkansas City, Kansas, 1929 (died 2017)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eddie Noack born in Houston, Texas, 1930 (died 1978)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Wayne Secrest of Confederate Railroad born in Alton, Illinois, 1950 (died 2018)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Vern Gosdin died in Nashville, Tennessee (stroke), 2009 (was 74)</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Kenny Roberts died in Alton, Massachusetts (natural causes), 2012 (was 85)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>April 30:</strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Darrell McCall born in New Jasper, Oh</span><span style="font-family: arial;">io, 1940 (now 82)</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Johnny Farina</b> (StG 02) born in Brooklyn, New York, 1941 (now 81)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Robert Earl Reynolds of the Mavericks born in Kansas City, Missouri, 1962 (now 60)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Charles "Fuzzy" Owen born in Conway, Arkansas, 1929 (died 2020)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Johnny Horton born in Los Angeles, California, 1930 (died 1960)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Curly Chalker</b> (StG 85) died in Hendersonville, Tennessee (brain cancer), 1998 (was 66)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Naomi Judd</b> (CM 21) died in Nashville, Tennessee (suicide [gunshot]), 2022 (was 76. Judd’s death came one day before the Judds’ formal induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame as part of the “class of 2021.”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">WLS airs the final broadcast of the National Barn Dance, 1960, after 36 years on the air.</span><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>Raizor's Edgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15040455310627815122noreply@blogger.com0