The Highwaymen Changed One Line in “The Last Cowboy Song” — And Made It Their Own
Five years before Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson recorded “The Last Cowboy Song,” Willie Nelson had…
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Jimmy Fortune Was Hired to Replace Lew DeWitt. Then He Wrote Three of the Statler Brothers’ Four No. 1 Hits.
In 1982, Jimmy Fortune joined The Statler Brothers as a temporary replacement for Lew DeWitt. At 26, Jimmy Fortune was…
Phil Balsley Never Stopped Singing After the Statler Brothers’ Final Concert. But One Family Goodbye Revealed Something Deeper.
When the Statler Brothers played their final concert on October 26, 2002, four familiar voices said goodbye to nearly four…
Johnny Cash’s Final Goodbye: The Church, His Daughter’s Words, and the Song They Recorded Before September
On September 15, 2003, more than 1,000 people gathered at First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee, to say goodbye to…
Toby Keith’s Final Studio Recording Brought His Daughters to Tears Before Nashville Said Goodbye
Just before Toby Keith’s daughter stepped onto a Nashville stage to honor her father, an unexpected video appeared on the…
Don Williams Said Goodbye Twice. The Second Time, There Was No Farewell Tour.
Ten years after his first farewell tour, Don Williams made a decision that surprised country music fans. On March 1,…
How The Statler Brothers Beat The Beatles and The Supremes With “Flowers on the Wall” — and What Happened Next
In 1966, The Beatles had “Help!” The Supremes had “Stop! In the Name of Love.” Both were among the biggest…
Harold Reid Died Before Don Reid’s Book Was Published. But His Brother Had Already Read Every Page.
When Harold Reid died on April 24, 2020, the Statler Brothers had been retired from touring for nearly eighteen years.…
Ashley McBryde Learned a Kris Kristofferson Song From Her Father. Decades Later, She Sang It With Kris Kristofferson’s Widow Watching.
On November 20, 2024, Ashley McBryde walked onto the CMA Awards stage in Nashville carrying an acoustic guitar. There was…
Johnny Cash Loved Harold Reid’s “Ring of Fire” Impression So Much That He Changed His Own Show
On March 9, 1964, four young men from Staunton, Virginia, walked onto a stage in Canton, Ohio, for their first…