Let’s take a moment to honor the memories of Faron Young and Marty Robbins. Marty died December 8, 1982, at age 57. Faron died December 10, 1996, at age 64. NEWS The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the University of Illinois Press have signed an agreement to co-publish and distribute books on […]
By Steve Fishell Buddy Emmons is known as the world’s foremost steel guitarist from the latter half of the twentieth century. His musical and technological innovations revolutionized the pedal steel guitar, a console-type instrument with knee levers and foot pedals to alter the pitch of the strings. Brought to Nashville by singer Little Jimmy Dickens […]
NEWS Founding member and guitarist of the Country Music Hall of Fame group, Alabama, Jeffrey Cook died peacefully at his beach home in Destin, Florida, on November 7, at age 73. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2012. Born in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1949, he began playing in bands at age 13 […]
IN THE SPOTLIGHT – RANDY TRAVIS When Kayo Paver and I drove to North Texas in 2016, we included Tioga on our route and an excursion to find the Randy Travis ranch—which we did. No one answered when I punched the call button at the gate, so we headed home to South Dakota. Never could […]