Hank Williams Jr. promised and came through for fans when he said he wasn’t down for the count in the mid-1990s. He did so through a fun, yet honest song “I Ain’t Going Peacefully.” The lyrics of the song detail Hank Jr.’s painfully honest appraisal of his self‑described dry spell from making hits. He also refers to current country stars Alan […] More
Wearing their matching t-shirts, red sneakers, and bandanas, the group of workers took to the parking lot and formed two long lines facing away from each other…
What do you get when you add Reba McEntire, Hank Williams Jr., Willie Nelson, Reverend Ike, and Tom Petty together? A rockin’ country music song that took over the No. 1 spot on the charts for two weeks straight. In 1986, Hank Jr. remade his dad’s 1949 hit “Mind Your Own Business,” which sounds eerily similar […] More
Joey + Rory paid tribute to Merle Haggard’s “Fightin’ Side of Me” at the Equiblues Rodeo back in February 2011.
By now, it seems that almost everyone out there has offered up a cover of “Tennessee Whiskey.” In fact, Chris Stapleton‘s famous recording is a cover itself, though it is certainly responsible for renewing interest in the song. “Tennessee Whiskey” was first released in 1981 by outlaw artist David Allan Coe off of his album of the same name. […] More
Terry Fator took America’s Got Talent by storm back in 2007 with a series of impressive singing ventriloquism acts, going on to be named the Season 2 champion of the talent competition. The year following winning AGT, Fator signed a five-year and $100 million contract with the Mirage in Las Vegas as the headlining performer. His show, Terry Fator & His […] More
In a legendary act, Hank Williams Jr. and Kid Rock kicked off the 2003 Super Bowl with a badass introduction leading up to the epic face-off between the Oakland Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They got the millions of viewers riled up for the annual championship game in a mashup video alternating between the two rockstars singing and the professional athletes gearing […] More
It’s hard to imagine it now, but there was once a point in history when music videos didn’t exist. Now, almost every time an artist releases a new single they also release a music video to accompany it. At times, they’ll even release videos for songs that are never shipped to radio. Music videos certainly […] More
Many people mistakenly believe that country music is an exclusively American genre. These people don’t realize that there are country music fans on all corners of the globe, who have grown up listening to the same classics as those who live in the U.S. One of those classic songs that has universal appeal is Tanya […] More
Country music legends Willie Nelson and Glen Campbell took to the recording studio to produce a chilling final duet that has left fans emotionally beside themselves. Singing Nelson’s own heartbreaking ballad from 1961, “Funny How Time Slips Away,” the two teamed up for this recreated duet featured on Campbell’s final record, Adios. The singer used his final album to record […] More
His version of the song also features his wife, Morgane, who sings background vocals and the last few lines…
The “drunk” story begins at Columbia Records, where Kristofferson is a janitor. He receives a letter from his mother saying she disapproves of him looking up to Johnny Cash…
