January 2019 – Diane Diekman

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 23 January 2019

January 23, 2019/by admin

IN THE SPOTLIGHT – DALLAS WAYNE When I called Dallas Wayne the other day and asked what is his current highest priority, the 62-year-old Willie’s Roadhouse deejay immediately responded, “I’ve got to lose fifty pounds by Sunday because we’re going on the Outlaw Country Cruise, and I want to make sure I look good in […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 9 January 2019

January 9, 2019/by admin

NEWS The leader of country-rock band The Tractors has died. Steve Ripley, 69, died January 3 at his home in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He had been suffering from cancer, according to a statement from Alison Auerbach Public Relations. Born January 1, 1950, he grew up on his family’s Oklahoma Land Run homestead in Pawnee County. He […]