Jessi Colter Packed a Wedding Dress for Months Before Waylon Jennings Ever Asked Her to Marry Him
In 1969, Jessi Colter was traveling with Waylon Jennings, and folded in among her stage clothes was a wedding dress.…
Waylon Jennings Came to Chet Atkins’ Funeral in a Wheelchair, Seven Months Before His Own Death
On the morning of July 3, 2001, a long caravan of limousines pulled up to the side door of the…
Luke Bryan’s Wife Tracked Down His Late Brother’s Pickup by Its VIN Number and Found It Still on the Road
Luke Bryan has been handed plenty of gifts over the years, but the one he talks about most did not…
Chris Stapleton Was Crying When He Recorded the Song About His Family’s Dog, and He Left It on the Record
Listen closely to “Maggie’s Song,” the eighth track on Chris Stapleton’s 2020 album Starting Over, and you are hearing a…
Chris Stapleton Was Crying When He Recorded the Song About His Family’s Dog, and He Left It on the Record
Listen closely to “Maggie’s Song,” the eighth track on Chris Stapleton’s 2020 album Starting Over, and you are hearing a…
Jerry Reed Invented Amos Moses in 1970. The Wildest Line in the Song Was True.
In the fall of 1970, Jerry Reed sent a one-armed Cajun alligator poacher named Amos Moses onto American radio. The…
Waylon Jennings Gave Away His Seat on Buddy Holly’s Plane. Seventeen Years Later, He Wrote a Song About the Friend He Never Forgot.
Don McLean turned Buddy Holly’s death into one of the most famous moments in American music with “American Pie.” But…
The Night Luke Bryan Raised a Beer to His Brother and Sister
On November 6, 2013, Luke Bryan performed “Drink a Beer” at the CMA Awards in memory of his brother Chris…
In 1983, Waylon Jennings Was Offered a Choice of Touring Partners. Waylon Jennings Chose Jerry Reed.
By the summer of 1983, Waylon Jennings had spent years building a reputation as one of country music’s most independent…
Jerry Reed Wrote Chet Atkins a Guitar Piece So Difficult It Might Take His Mind Off Cancer
When Chet Atkins was recovering from cancer surgery in the early 1970s, Jerry Reed came up with an unusual way…