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If you followed the neo-traditionalist movement in 1980s and 1990s country music, no doubt you remember Randy Travis’ debut single, “1982.” The song hit
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Only one performing artist can lay claim to having the No. 1 disco single in the U.S. and Europe one year and following it up with a Top 20 country single
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During the 1970s, as country music artists gradually crossed over to pop, one casualty of the genre’s evolution was the cowboy hat. While some artists
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It’s generally accepted that Bob Wills, along with his Texas Playboys, remains the “King of Western Swing.” But in the 1940s and early 1950s, a
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“If it sounds country, that’s what it is. It’s a country song.” Truer words than Kris Kristofferson’s introduction to his recording of “Me and Bobby
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I love Reba McEntire. As far as I’m concerned, she bests Patsy Cline as the greatest female country artist of all time. “When Whoever in New England’s
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Guy Clark (1941-2016) hailed from the West Texas town of Monahans, about midway between two other West Texas towns, Odessa and Pecos. According to Guy,
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Comedienne Lulu Roman gained fame on country music’s longest-running TV show
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It’s not often you’ll hear me talk about a Jewish native of Philadelphia carved out his mark as one of the most noted western swing performers of the
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FMCSA’s new motor carrier registration system is designed to prevent fraud and identity theft
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In Rodney Atkins’ 2011 hit “Take a Back Road,” he makes mention of the comeback of classic country music in the early 1980s. While sitting in “six-lane
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