how kathy mattea gave us one of the best songs of 1987

merle haggard gave george jones his final number one song and didn’t even know it

the jimi hendrix of country music is a man that we don’t talk about near enough, but we’re goin to

the real boars nest and the lady that changed country music forever

how a crook inspired alabama to create the legendary june jam

how a heart attack and a cold hospital inspired one of joe diffie’s best songs

one of randy travis’ best songs was inspired from a thanksgiving turkey dinner

viacom killed the video star: the story of cmt and tnn

in 1999 george jones almost died. then he made a few choices

the most famous 4 words vern gosdin ever said, thanks to dean dillon

in 1943, palestine texas gave us a country music legend

what did colonel tom parker have to do with george strait’s film debut in 1992?

58 years ago, johnny cash saved a man’s life long enough to realize he couldn’t

in 1974, alabama came callin ol bocephus. and thank God it did. but how did he find cullman?

in 1975, the winner of the cma male vocalist of the year had somethin to say, by not sayin much

a great country music songwriter from alabama’s contribution to our world

how a couple of songwriters in muscle shoals wrote one of the best country songs of all time

guy clark didn’t write it, but without him, we’d of never had it

one of the most forgotten about country legends we’ve ever known

in 1963, the world would learn about a genre of music that most had never heard of.

was tim mcgraws first number one song inspired by the tracy lawrence incident?

the haunting tale of merle haggard’s sing me back home

in 1989, waylon was advertised to appear on hank jr’s ppv, but he didn’t.

our man tracy lawrence had a wild time in 1991, and thankfully he lived through it

ol billy joe shaver got into it with him and lived to write about it

these two country legends both had number ones with the same song, 10 years apart.

was it the Christmas spirit or marty stuart that gave us the highwaymen? Merry Christmas y’all

in 1966, billy joe shaver decided to blow his money, shoot some holes in the wall and write a song

jim varney did a lot more than save Christmas

once and for all, it’s time for the opry to do the right thing on january 10th

alabama’s christmas miracle turned out to be one of the biggest gifts they could ever give us

ol bobby bare passed on it. but waylon didn’t. neither did willie

how waylon made this southern rock classic a hit in 1976

this man was in such a category of his own country music didn’t know how to market him

in 1998, ol hank was on the simpsons

how elvis and waylon helped this man become a country music legend

do you know what larry gatlins first number one song was by another artist?

why did willie nelson write one of the best christmas songs of all time?

how fuzzy owen saved merle haggard from going back to prison in 1962

hank jr’s rare christmas song will make you smile

a man called moon #ralphmooney #wynnstewart #countrystorytime

ol jerry jeff walker took jimmy buffett to margaritaville

thank God for air conditioning and alabama. #christmasindixie #alabama

how willie nelson beat the irs

in 1946, God gave gene autry this classic gift. in 1947, gene gave it to us.

the night hank pissed charlie off

the life of david allan coe’s “would you lay with me (in a field of stone)”

in 1994, johnny cash gave us a great thanksgiving song and we’re thankful he did

jerry jeff walker’s first trip to jail changed it all

in 1980, hank jr and roy orbison stopped a bar fight in this little known texas film

in 1998, bobby bare, mel tillis, waylon jennings and jerry reed would release this gem of a record

he didn’t just pick and grin. he invented

how a chicken snake took the bellamy brothers to hollyweird

this rejected song set the stage for george jones in the 1990s

another randy travis gem

the long forgotten movie that starred willie nelson and kris kristofferson needs to be remembered

back in 1997, jerry reed gave us a hidden gem without even knowing it

alright. it’s the randy travis song y’all been waitin for

john anderson and charlotte johnson made country music history

before becoming the rock, dwayne johnson wanted to be a country singer