What Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Merle Haggard Really Thought About George Jones
When Johnny Cash was asked to name his favorite country singer, Johnny Cash answered with a question: “You mean besides…
Kris Kristofferson Gave Up West Point to Sweep Floors in Nashville—And the Johnny Cash Helicopter Story Wasn’t Quite What People Remember
Two weeks before Kris Kristofferson was supposed to begin teaching English literature at West Point, Kris Kristofferson walked away from…
Don Williams Was Honored by Country Music’s Biggest Stars While He Was Still Alive — Then Nashville Gathered to Say Goodbye
On September 27, 2017, family, friends, and members of Nashville’s music industry gathered inside the CMA Theater at the Country…
Johnny Cash’s Final Concert: The Night June Carter Cash Was Still With Him
On July 5, 2003, Johnny Cash gave the last public performance of a legendary career. At the Carter Family Fold…
Lew DeWitt Wrote the Song That Made The Statler Brothers Famous. Four Years After His Death, Hollywood Brought It Back.
In 1994, moviegoers watched Bruce Willis drive through the streets in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, singing along to an old…
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…
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…