The 2011 Country Music Hall of Fame induction featuring Reba McEntire and Jean Shepard will air tonight on "Master Series" (GAC, 9:30pm & 1:30am CST). The show features the medallion ceremony, highlights from the red carpet and a special interview with the 2011 inductees. The other inductee, Bobby Braddock, was a songwriter or producer for hits by Blake Shelton , Toby Keith and Mary Kay Place .
In the late 1950s and early '60s country was in a good shape. The likes of Johnny Cash, George Jones, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline (who like Reeves would die in a plane crash), Don Gibson, Kitty Wells, Marty Robbins, Skeeter Davis, Ray Price, Faron Young, Ernest Tubb, ex-boxer Lefty Frizzell and Wanda Jackson were recording prodigious success, even in rivalry with its progeny, rock & roll.These were the comfort years before the social upheaval of the 1960s put into question old certainties, even in the world of country music. By now, country was no longer confined to the [...]
In this segment we briefly turn our focus on some of the individuals featured on this mix and the 1950/51 compilation . Pictured on the cover is the 1952 Cadillac in which Hank Williams died of heart failure on New Year's Day 1953, aged 30 (though he always looked much older than that). His was the first of a series of young celebrity deaths that created legends for all times. Among the more unexpected names in country must be that of Ole Rasmussen , a western swing bandleader who with [...]
First a proper blast of banjo, still not allowed one in the house, that's why I'm getting a shed. Both Roscoe Holcomb's albums are highly recommended. Music with grit. Listen: Roscoe Holcomb - Married Life Blues - Buy it Jean Shepard could probably fill an album with wedding, marriage and divorce related songs. I think we've found our Lonesome groove again - check out these beauties: Listen: Jean Shepard - My Wedding Ring Listen: Jean Shepard - Don't Fall in Love [...]
by Laura Cantrell Folks, if you know me, you've heard this rant before. There is one fact that bothers me to death - the dearth of female artists in the Country Music Hall of Fame. I worked at the Hall of Fame and Museum as a tour guide right before I went to college. It's the place where my interest in country music shifted from a casual familiarity with the sounds of my home town (Nashville born and bred I am) to a more meaningful consideration of the people, history, and evolving styles of country [...]
1960 George Jones, The Window Up Above. Jean Shepard, The Root of All Evil (Is a Man). Irreconcilable differences: Heard you whisper to him softly, that our marriage was all wrong. But I hope he makes you happy and you will never lose his love, I lost mine while I was watching (you) from the window up above. George Jones' "Window Up Above," which has one of his most god-like vocals, was
A Century in Jumps (Slight Return) 1957 Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, Two Funky People. Brenda Lee, Dynamite. The Cues, Why. Tommy Blake, Lordy Hoody. Bola Sete, Aquarela do Brasil. Al Simmons with Slim Green and the Cats From Fresno, Old Folks Boogie. Magic Sam, All Your Love. Johnnie and Jack, That's Why I'm Leavin'. Henri Pousseur, Scambi. Jenks "Tex" Carman, Wolf Creek. Jean Shepard, The Other
:: Many Happy Hangovers To You.mp3 :: As I've written here before, I love Bakersfield style country music. Back in the day, many Bakersfield artists were given showcases with Capitol Records producer Ken Nelson, who churned out country records made far from the meddling influence of Nashville just down the road in Los Angeles. One of Nelson's early artists was western swing pioneer Hank
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