Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
HANK WILLIAMS' guitarist DON HELMS has died. He was 81. Helms was the last remaining member of Williams' Drifting Cowboys band. He died of a heart attack at the ...
Erudite Redneck, B.S., B.S., M.A. (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Dr. ER got me a record player for Christmas. Last time I was back at Mama ER's place, now Brudder's house, I remembered to bring a grocery sack of 45's back. So we had oldtime record hour the other night! What a blast. First up was a song she had never heard of. It's potentially offensive. But it's funnier'n the one second a Copenhagen spit cup levitates after sittin' on the dash of a pickup,
Climate Audit (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
World sea ice in April 2008 reached levels that were “unprecedented” for the month of April in over 25 years. Levels are the third highest since the commencement of records in 1979, exceeded only by levels in 1979 and 1982. This continues a pattern established earlier in 2008, as global sea ice in [...]
CMT News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Upon learning that George Strait's latest CD is titled Troubadour , my mind began wandering back to the days of my youth when the Texas Troubadour, Ernest Tubb, was one of music's hottest acts.
SharonCobb (Free subscription) | 09/17/2007
Guest Writer: Karen Raizor It is rare that a song becomes part of American popular culture. Imagine being the songwriter of two such songs. That is one of the many accolades afforded Bobby Braddock. The Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee regaled a capacity crowd with tales of his life, stories behind some of his biggest hits, and his own renditions of his tunes at the Ford Theater of the Country Music...
