Even though John Fogerty hails from San Francisco, he and his ex-CCR band mates have always been accredited for launching the southern rock movement. After the bands’ bitter break-up in 1972, John Fogerty started his solo career with the country record The Blue Ridge Rangers. The name of the band is misleading, Fogerty actually played [...]
There is no greater honor than for a musician to be compared to one of the greats that have passed on. Recently, it seems that all of the musicians that have outlived their lead vocalists are finally rejoining their old bandmates. The steel guitar great Tom Brumley succumbed on Tuesday from complications of a heart attack that he [...]
Today I was flipping through some pictures…some of old flames, friends, family, and my visit to the Grand Ole Opry. I was able to go with one of my old flames to visit the Opry, he was performing later that night. Anyway we had to arrive early to do a sound check and mingle with [...]
So what all was happening in 1958? Well let me take a minute to tell you. Private, Elvis Presley headed off to Germany to serve the United States, Ray Price sang a song written by Bill Anderson that hit number one (”City Lights”), Buck Owens recorded his first chart hitting single, and low and behold [...]
Jim Hager, a member of the Hee Haw cast from 1969 until 1988, died on Thursday of a heart attack. Hager, who was discovered by Buck Owens while performing at Disneyland and later signed a recording contract with Capitol Records, collapsed in a the parking lot of a coffee house on 12th Avenue South in [...]