discarded more recently adopted rhythms and instruments and brought back the lead fiddle and high harmonysinging. His banjoist,Earl Scruggs, developed a brilliant three-finger picking style that brought the instrument into a lead position. Their music, with its driving, syncopated rhythms and instrumen...
But though it didn't make a big radio impact, this honky-tonkin', tear-in-your-beer song is a classic slice of country music heartbreak. No. 18: The Highwaymen, "Highwayman" Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images An evocative story song about four different men — and four different tragedies...
The Highwaymen, The Dukes of Hazzard, and “We Are the World” In the 1980s Jennings’s solo music output slowed, but he found success as one of the Highwaymen, a supergroup that included Nelson, Kristofferson, and Cash. They released three studio albums and scored a major hit with the ...
Loretta Lynn first recorded "Wouldn't it Be Great" in 1985, and she would go on to sing the song over and over again through her career. Its message — of a woman asking her lover to choose her over alcohol — is sad enough on its own, but even sadder is the fact that it's Ly...
different genres, such as country rock and country pop. Today, some of country’s most well known artists include such names as Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Dolly Parton, just to name a few. Popular country bands include Eagles, Dixie Chicks, Alabama and The Highwaymen. ...
Unfortunately, YouTube made a change in late March of this year that has negatively impacted the playing of the playlists on my site. I’m sure that you have encountered the false/positive message “this video is unavailable”.I have found one browser, Microsoft Edge, that is not affected...
making the video. That was so cathartic, because I got to celebrate the song, but I also got to make this amazing narrative video with Luke Guilford, where I got to be the character I've always dreamt of being — a cross between, like, an evangelical preacher, a murderer and a ...
THE NUMBERS following the song title refer to the medleys that I've suggested that the song be included in. Go to the MEDLEYS page, look up the number, and you'll see what medley (or medleys) I've suggested for that song. For example, after "All I Do Is Dream of You," you ...