Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 26 December 2018

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT – TONY BOOTH Tony Booth initially planned to be a school teacher. He was majoring in education at the University of New Mexico when a friend invited him to join a band. Realizing music was his calling, he dropped out of school. “I started playing when I was 18 or 19 years […]

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Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 12 December 2018

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Today we remember Faron Young and Marty Robbins on the anniversaries of their deaths. Marty died December 8, 1982, at age 57. Faron died December 10, 1996, at age 64. Both gone too soon. Both never forgotten. IN THE SPOTLIGHT – NORMA JEAN About the time I started watching The Porter Wagoner Show in the […]

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