The Old Song Chet Atkins Loved Hearing Jerry Reed Play — And the Night Jerry Brought It Back
On August 31, 1992, Jerry Reed stepped onto the stage at the Crazy Horse Steak House in Santa Ana, California,…
Jerry Reed’s Final Album Was a Gift to Wounded American Veterans — And Just Months Later, He Was Gone
In the spring of 2008, Jerry Reed released an album that was unlike almost anything most country music fans remembered…
“’Til a Tear Becomes a Rose”: the duet that reunited Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan on record
On October 8, 1990, Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan won the Country Music Association’s Vocal Event of the Year award.…
“I Wonder Do You Think of Me”: Keith Whitley’s first No. 1 after his death
On September 9, 1989, “I Wonder Do You Think of Me” reached No. 1 on Billboard’s country chart. Keith Whitley…
Waylon Jennings Had a No. 1 Hit About a Town He’d Never Visited. Nineteen Years Later, He Finally Sang It There.
On July 4, 1996, approximately 12,000 country music fans gathered in Luckenbach, Texas, for Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July…
Don Williams Had 17 No. 1 Hits, but His Longest Run Was 57 Years With Joy
When Don Williams died on September 8, 2017, the obituaries listed the numbers that made him a legend: 17 No.…
On Waylon Jennings’ Birthday, Shooter Jennings Played a Song His Father Loved Most — And Its Words Would Forever Mark His Grave
On June 15, 2008, Shooter Jennings walked onto a stage in Birmingham, Alabama, carrying something more personal than an ordinary…
Dolly Parton Wrote “I Will Always Love You” to Tell Porter Wagoner She Was Leaving, and He Cried When He Heard It
Long before Whitney Houston turned it into one of the biggest records on earth, “I Will Always Love You” was…
Jerry Reed Left a Fishing Trip for Elvis Presley — Then Refused to Give Up His Song
On September 10, 1967, Jerry Reed was enjoying a fishing trip on the Cumberland River with his seven-year-old daughter when…
Before Singing “Flying for Me” in Public, John Denver Sang It for the Challenger Families First
In March 1986, John Denver had a new song he wasn’t sure he should sing. It was about the seven…