Thurs., Aug. 13: Dickens, Louvin, other famous friends stand up for Mel McDaniel
Little Jimmy Dickens (photo: Michael Clancy/The Tennessean) and a crew of other country star friends play Nashville Palace on Thurs, Aug. 13 to benefit 'Opry' mainstay Mel McDaniel. Showtime: 6-10...
View ArticleDon Kelley knows how to pick ’em
The Don Kelley Band plays at Robert's Western World on Lower Broadway four nights a week (photo: Dipti Vaidya/The Tennessean). In a town where millions of donated dollars are earmarked for music...
View ArticleRelocated ‘Grand Ole Opry’ show goes on
Click to see a gallery of photos from Tuesday's 'Grand Ole Opry' at the War Memorial Auditorium (this image of Marty Stuart, left, greeting Senator Lamar Alexander: Shelley Mays/The Tennessesan). There...
View ArticleLoretta Lynn celebrates with friends and family at Coal Miner’s Daughter Museum
Click to see a gallery of Loretta Lynn photos (this image: Michael Clancy/The Tennessean). Friends and family and friendly industry types gathered Friday evening at Loretta Lynn’s Coal Miner’s Daughter...
View ArticleDallas Frazier honored at Country Music Hall of Fame ‘Poets and Prophets’ series
Dallas Frazier (photo: Jae S. Lee/The Tennessean)Songwriter Dallas Frazier, who penned classics including “There Goes My Everything,” Elvira,” “Beneath Still Water” and “Fourteen Carat Mind,” will be...
View ArticleJan Lynn Crutchfield, writer of “Statue Of A Fool” and other notable songs,...
Feb. 26, 1938 - Nov. 1, 2012 Jan Lynn Crutchfield, who authored songs including the three-time Top 10 country hit “Statue Of A Fool,” died Thursday, Nov. 1, at age 74. Raised in Paducah, Ky., Mr....
View ArticlePeter Cooper on Music: What’s new at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Click the photo above to see a gallery of photos from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Here, visitors to the hall look through displays of country music artists through the years. (photo:...
View ArticleJack Greene, Grand Ole Opry star and first CMA male vocalist, dies at age 83
Click to see a gallery of Jack Greene over the years (Tennessean file: Samuel M. Simpkins/The Tennessean) January 7, 1930 - March 14, 2013 Jack Greene, a Grand Ole Opry fixture in six decades and the...
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