November 2014 – Diane Diekman

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 19 November 2014

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NEWS Kenny Rogers has scheduled a “Farewell Down Under Tour” for January and February in Australia and New Zealand. He has toured there as a member of the First Edition, with Dolly Parton, with Reba McEntire, and on several solo tours. He says this will be his last. The tour begins in Sydney, followed by […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter – 5 November 2014

November 5, 2014/0 Comments/by admin

FEATURED ARTIST – REDD VOLKAERT Merle Haggard’s former lead guitar player, Redd Volkaert, is enjoying life in Austin, Texas. “I’m busy all the time–or trying to be, anyway,” he told me when I called him the other night. He has two steady gigs at the Continental Club, with his own 4-piece band on Saturday and […]