The sudden appearance of a 61-year-old live recording from one of America’s legendary country and western performers would be newsworthy enough. The fact that it’s a complete live concert from ’60s ...
They stood for decades as Bakersfield's two greatest country music stars, and long after their deaths, they still wear those crowns. Merle Haggard and Buck Owens each came from hardscrabble beginnings ...
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys mixed elements of hillbilly, big band, polka, swing, and Dixieland jazz to create a brand of music all its own. Western swing expanded on the instrumentation of a string ...