Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 19 October 2022

IN THE SPOTLIGHT – BRUCE WILLIAMS While doing research for my Randy Travis biography, I called Bruce Williams (of Williams & Ree) to talk about their USO tours; he had emailed me his phone number. He and Terry were in Minot, North Dakota. “There you are, Diane, just calling me right out of the blue, […]

Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 5 October 2022

IN THE SPOTLIGHT – DON REID Since the Statler Brothers retired in 2002, lead singer Don Reid has spent much of his time writing books. Last year he published The Music of The Statler Brothers: An Anthology. We talked about that book when I spotlighted him in my newsletter: https://dianediekman.com/dianes-country-music-newsletter-5-may-2021/. Now, he has published a […]