Brad Paisley’s Free Christmas Toy Store Started With 400 Kids. This Year It’s Ready for More Than 1,200.
In December 2023, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley opened a free toy store in Nashville for the 400 children of…
Nine Days Before Jerry Reed Recorded With Elvis Presley, He Made a Hit About a Star Nobody Recognized
On September 1, 1967, Jerry Reed recorded a song about a young guitarist from Tupelo, Mississippi, who walked into a…
At 52, Waylon Jennings Went Back to Finish High School, and His 10-Year-Old Son Helped Him With the Math
By the end of the 1980s, Waylon Jennings had nothing left to prove in country music. He had 16 No.…
Luke Bryan Turned to a Photo of His Late Brother and Sister and Raised a Beer at the 2013 CMA Awards
On November 6, 2013, at the CMA Awards in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Luke Bryan reached the last notes of “Drink…
In His Late 60s, Jerry Reed Went to a Small Kansas Town to Make His Final Live Album
In 2004, Jerry Reed was in his late 60s and had written a new song he wanted to record. He…
On His Last Thanksgiving, Waylon Jennings Looked Up From a Hospital Bed and Answered the Question Jessi Colter Had Waited Years to Ask
On Thanksgiving Day 2001, Waylon Jennings was in a hospital bed, worn down by years of diabetes and two surgeries…
Granger Smith Told Himself to Soak Up the Moment. Minutes Later, He Was Doing CPR on His 3-Year-Old Son
On the evening of June 4, 2019, Granger Smith was in the backyard of his home in Georgetown, Texas, with…
Jerry Reed’s 1973 Number One Complaint to Henry Ford Was Never Written for Him
The song was “Lord, Mr. Ford,” and for most fans it is pure Jerry Reed: the fast spoken opening, the…
The Toughest Man in Country Music Picked His Softest Song as His Favorite
Waylon Jennings gave country music some of its rowdiest anthems. But when he was asked which of his own recordings…
In 2002, June Carter Cash Went Home to Her Mother’s House in Virginia to Record One Last Album. Eight Months Later, She Was Gone
In September 2002, June Carter Cash came back to Maces Spring, Virginia, the small community in Poor Valley where she…