September 2016 – Diane Diekman

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter – 28 September 2016

September 28, 2016/by admin

REMEMBERING MARTY ROBBINS ON HIS 91ST BIRTHDAY Martin David Robinson was born September 26, 1925, in a shack on the desert at the edge of Glendale, Arizona. When he died of a heart attack in 1982, he was a 57-year-old country music star known as Marty Robbins. Now, on what would have been his 91st […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter – 14 September 2016

September 14, 2016/by admin

NEWS Hoot Hester (1951-2016) Hubert Dwane “Hoot” Hester, a founding member of The Time Jumpers band and fiddle player with the Grand Ole Opry staff band, died of cancer on August 30. Born on a small Kentucky farm, he spent 43 of his 65 years making music in Nashville. In addition to being a session […]