May 2015 – Diane Diekman

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 20 May 2015

May 20, 2015/by admin

NEWS Johnny Gimble (1926-2015) One of the greatest fiddlers of all time, Johnny Gimble, died May 9, three weeks before his 89th birthday, due to complications from several strokes. John Paul Gimble spent most of his life in Texas, other than the Nashville period and World War II, when he was drafted into the U.S. […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter – 6 May 2015

May 6, 2015/by admin

NEWS The principal of Bakersfield High School recently presented Merle Haggard with his high school diploma–an honorary one. In 2013, Cal State University Bakersfield gave Merle an honorary doctorate, and Buck Owens was posthumously honored with the President’s Medal.