Vince Gill & Paul Franklin Reunite to Toast an Old Friend

Vince Gill and Paul Franklin are reuniting once again, and this time to pay tribute to Ray Price and his legendary backing band The Cherokee Cowboys.
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin are reuniting once again, and this time to pay tribute to Ray Price and his legendary backing band The Cherokee Cowboys.
Bobby Bare, BUddy Emmons, Buddy Spicher, Cherokee Cowboys, Darrell McCall, Eddie Stubbs, Hank Cochran, Hank Williams, Jimmy Day, Johnny Bush, Johnny Paycheck, Marty Robbins, Mel Tillis, Mickey Newbury, Paul Franklin, Ray Price, Roger Miller, Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price, The Time Jumpers, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson
Jody Miller passed away on October 6th in Blanchard, Oklahoma due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. She was 80 years old. First signed to Capitol Records as a folk artist in 1962, Jody Miller’s contributions spanned multiple genres, including pop, folk, country, and eventually Gospel.
Billy Sherrill, Hank Thompson, Jody Miller, Johnny Paycheck, Kitty Wells, Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton John, Roger Miller
Maybe you’re not intimately familiar with the name, but you’re most definitely familiar with the licks he played, and the songs that he helped turn into country hits and standards over decades. One of the most prolific and respected session guitarists in country music history, Ray Edenton, has died.
Buddy Spicher, Charlie McCoy, Chris Scruggs, Elvis Presley, Everly Brothers, Grand Ole Opry, Joe Maphis, Kitty Wells, Leon Russell, Lloyd Green, Lynn Anderson, Neil Young, Old Dominion Barn Dance, Ray Edenton, Reba McEntire, Red Foley, Roger Miller, Sammy Davis Jr., The Beach Boys, Webb Pierce
Starting on Friday, May 27th, Capitol Nashville/UMe is going to begin re-issuing Roger Miller’s albums originally released on Mercury, MCA, and Smash Records available for the first time via streaming and download. They will be releasing three new titles every month this summer.
There was a time in country music when your worth was measured in the amount of dues you paid, and also in how many of the old classic songs you knew. With ‘Jukebox Charley,’ Crockett proves his body of knowledge is quite deep, as is his pool of talent to interpret these songs.
Charley Crockett, Colter Wall, Jukebox Charley, Porter Wagoner, Review, Roger Miller, Tom T. Hall, Wayne Kemp
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Breland is back, and collaborating closely with Keith Urban in the hopes of giving him some credibility in country’s mainstream. Jokes on him though, because Keith Urban has no credibility to lend. Don’t believe me, just recall when he accidentally won Entertainer of the Year in 2018.
Aaron Vance, Breland, Chapel Hart, Don Williams, Florida Georgia Line, Hank Williams, Kane Brown, Keith Urban, Kris Kirstofferson, Lil Nas X, Roger Miller, Throw It Back, Willie Nelson
In a recent interview, Willie Nelson said he has a Roger Miller tribute album on the way. He also told the story of how he once turned down recording “The Gambler.” Written by Don Schlitz, it became the signature song for Kenny Rogers when Kenny released it in 1978.
Don Schlitz, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, George Strait, Kenny Rogers, Roger Miller, The Gambler, Willie Nelson
“It really is a representation of what we’re trying to do here, which is connecting the greatest music in Austin with country music in a greater sense,” Bruce Robison says about the upcoming compilation. Though all the names and songs are worth getting excited over, it’s Turnpike Troubadours frontman Evan Felker that has many talking.
Bruce Robison, Carson McHone, Cleton Cordero, Evan Felker, Flatland Cavalry, James Steinle, John Baumann, Kyle Nix, RC and the Ambers, RC Edwards, Roger Miller, Ryan Engleman, Shakey Graves, The Next Waltz, The Panhandlers, Turnpike Troubadours, Uncle Walt's Band, William Clark Green, Wood & Wire
The fifth installment of the Ken Burns country music documentary zeroed in on the time period between 1964 and 1968, when the United States at large began to be embroiled in tumultuous times, and two separate epicenters in country music began to emerge. Arguably the most egalitarian of the episodes so far, it covered a lot of performers.
Bobbie Gentry, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, Connie Smith, Dolly Parton, Don Rich, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou Harris, Faron Young, Jeannie C. Riley, Johnny Cash, Ken Burns, Lloyd Green, Loretta Lynn, Marty Stuart, Merle Haggard, Ralph Emery, Roger Miller, Ronnie Milsap, Wynton Marsalis
The fourth installment of the eight-part Ken Burns documentary on country music laid out in no uncertain terms how country music became a well-ordered business in the aftermath of the death of Hank Williams, and during the rise of rock n’ roll as the most popular genre in America, putting pressure on country music.
Bill Monroe, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins, Cowboy Copas, Don Gibson, Elvis Presley, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jean Shepard, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Ken Burns, Loretta Lynn, Merle Kilgore, Owen Bradley, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles, Ray Price, Roger Miller, Sun Studios, The Kingston Trio, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson
Announced on Wednesday (6-20), a massive tribute album dedicated to the King of the Road will be making its way to music lovers. And though tribute records come down the pike all the time and make you wonder if your time and money is worth heaping onto songs you already know, this one has a little something special in the recipe.
Dean Miller, Dolly Parton, Dwight Yoakam, Jamey Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, King Of The Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller, Rodney Crowell, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson
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How should a country purist regard the legacy of Glen Campbell? That should be a really easy question to answer: with class, respect, and appreciation for a man that was an incredible ambassador for the genre through multiple avenues, and a timeless contributor to the country music canon.
Alan Jackson, Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, Jimmy Webb, John Hartford, Johnny Cash, Mel Tillis, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
Maddie & Tae have become the perfect foil to today’s male country stars. They’re like the Minnie Pearl of country music’s Millennial generation. Staunch traditionalists are never going to give Maddie & Tae a serious chance, but that doesn’t mean their music (and “Shut Up and Fish”) doesn’t symbolize a wholesale reversal of course for what we’re used to the mainstream serving.
Brad Paisley, Kacey Musgraves, Little Jimmy Dickens, Maddie & Tae, Review, Roger Miller, Shel Silverstein, Shut Up and Fish
Just like classic old country songs from the 60’s that still hold up today, Daniel has the insight to pinpoint a very specific emotional defect embedded in the human condition, and then create the favorable environment for that emotional frailty to be called to the forefront through poetic insight set to precisely-appropriate music.
Danie Romano, If I've Only One Time Askin', Review, Roger Miller, They Might Be Giants
One of the most important and influential steel guitar players in the history of country music has died. Buddy Emmons, known as the “The World’s Foremost Steel Guitarist” passed away Wednesday evening (7-29) according to reports. He was 78-years-old.
Boddy Emmons, dead, died, Don Helms, Ernest Tubb, Jerry Byrd, Little Jimmy Dickens, obituary, Ray Price, Roger Miller, Sho-Bud, Shot Jackson, Willie Nelson
Kacey Musgraves has found her niche, and she’s not wavering. When she released “Biscuits,” which was so eerily similar to “Follow Your Arrow” (partly because the two songs were dreamed up in the same writing session), we assured ourselves that it was just one song, and once we hear the full breath of Musgraves’ upcoming album Pageant Material it would exhibit much more variety.
Family Is Family, Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material, Review, Roger Miller, Shane McAnally
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2015 is apparently the year to get paid in country music, and no stone is being left unturned, and apparently nobody is immune. From mainstream country artists who we once thought were the few remaining renegades with integrity that are now releasing trendy R&B singles, to some of our favorite country heroes’ faces, names, and songs ending up endorsing products or stamped on packaging.
George Jones, Johnny Cash, Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys, Miranda Lambert, Roger Miller, Volkswagen, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
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In every sense, “Gentle On My Mind” has become an American standard by sharing the sentiment of a generational mood ever present in the human experience. And its 2015 Grammy is just more validation for the song’s timeless impact, and the timeless impact of the song’s writer, John Hartford.
Aretha Franklin, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Gentle On My Mind, Glen Campbell, John Hartford, Johnny Cash, Patti Page, R.E.M., Roger Miller, Tammy Wynette
You press most any theologian, and they will expound upon the theory that God has the most profound sense of humor … if you just know where to look for it. Whether this was in play when country music songwriter Paul Craft decided to write the song “Drop Kick Me Jesus (Through The Goalposts Of Life),” whether it was more centered upon a social commentary about the state of religion in America….
Bobby Bare, dead, died, Drop Kick Me Jesus, Drop Kick Me Jesus (Through The Goalposts of Life), Hank Williams, John Hartford, Johnny Cash, Mark Chesnutt, Moe Bandy, obituary, Paul Craft, Ray Stevens, Roger Miller, Shel Silverstein
If the unusual and offbeat of the country music realm is something you love to delve into—if the Roger Miller’s, the Shel Silverstein’s, and the John Hartford’s hold a special sway on your heart, and something just a little strange, unexpected, and funny is where you find enjoyable wrinkles in the forgotten shadows of country music’s otherwise explored reaches, then this album from Ween…
12 Golden Country Greats, Bradley's Barn, Buddy Harman, Buddy Spicher, Charlie McCoy, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Garcia, John Hartford, Mike Ness, Muhammad Ali, Owen Bradley, Review, Roger Miller, Shel Silverstein, Social Distortion, The Jordanaires, The Shit Creek Boys, The Supersuckers, Ween
When the compilation album Wanted! The Outlaws was released in 1976, it became country music’s first million-selling record and made huge stars of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Jessi Colter was already a big star because of her big #1 hit “I’m Not Lisa”. But why did Tompall Glaser never find the big success his fellow Outlaws did?
Billy Joe Shaver, Billy Sherrill, Billy Swan, biography, Chet Atkins, Dave Hickey, Glaser Sound Studios, Hillbilly Central, Jack Clement, Jessi Colter, John Lomax, Kevin Glaser, Kinky Friedman, Kris Kristofferson, Marty Stuart, Neil Reshen, Roger Miller, The Great Tompall Forgotten Country Music Outlaw, Tompall Glaser, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson
From the wild lands of Wyoming comes a by-gone man with a by-gone sound traveling under the name Luke Bell. With his dog and his 1995 Buick LeSabre, he comes trekking through the fog of obscurity to sing you some good country songs in the old-fashioned way. “Don’t Mind If I Do” harkens back to a time in country music when it didn’t suck, and hadn’t even started to.
BR549, Don't Mind If I Do, Fats Domino, Ferlin Husky, Hole in The Wall, Leon Redbone, Luke Bell, Review, Roger Miller, The White Horse
Fans of Lee Ann Womack have been waiting not-so-patiently since 2008’s Call Me Crazy for new music from the multi-Grammy and multi-CMA Award winner, and on September 23rd they’ll finally get their wish. After years on major labels, Womack has teamed up with renown label Sugar Hill Records to release The Way I’m Livin’ this fall.
Bruce Robison, Buddy Miller, Chris Knight, Don Williams, Frank Lidell, Hank Cochran, Hayes Carll, Jamey Johnson, Lee Ann Womack, Mando Saenz, Marty Sturat, Mindy Smith, Neil Young, Paul Franklin, release date, Roger Miller, Sugar Hill Records, The Way I'm Livin'
Willie Nelson is in many ways a microcosm of the American experience. He grew up during The Depression, had a rough and tumble youth, battled through familial and financial problems for years, struck it rich, and reformed himself from his violent past to become one of the world’s most well-known and greatest pacifists and advocates for the poor and social justice.
Bill Monroe, Buck Owens, Charlie Rich, Dennis Hopper, Dottie West, Farm Aid, John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson, Larry Trader, Loretta Lynn, Luck, Luck TX, Mark Rothbaum, Neil Young, Poodie Locke, Red Headed Stranger, Roger Miller, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson