by Jason Guest | Jan 2, 2022
Penning some of popular music’s most beloved and enduring songs including the smash worldwide hits “Suspicious Minds,” “Hooked on a Feeling” and multi-Grammy Award winning “Always on My Mind,” Mark James is a songwriting legend. His songs have been recorded in a...
by Jason Guest | Jan 2, 2022
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, born in Segin, Texas, and raised in Austin. Twenty albums now, and none before like this. “Itʼs emotional for me, and itʼs personal, and it makes my heart...
by Jason Guest | Jan 2, 2022
With his curlicue vocal slides and note-bending effects, Lefty Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) is one of the most influential country singers in history. He was also a fine song craftsman. Like many of his generation, he was deeply influenced by the...
by Jason Guest | Jan 2, 2022
Sam (Lightnin’) Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was a blues singer and guitarist, born in Centerville, Texas. Though some sources give his year of birth as 1912, his Social Security application listed the year as 1911. He was the son of Abe and...
by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
Clark’s character-driven songs full of unforgettable images caught the attention of RCA’s Sunbury Music and he moved to Nashville in 1971. The following year, his eponymous album, featuring “L.A. Freeway,” was released and became an FM radio...
by Armada Digital | Feb 5, 2021
Armed with fourteen carefully-crafted gems, Shamblin decided to try his luck in Nashville. His “story songs” with vivid detail and honest, earthy lyrics quickly caught the ear of the Nashville music establishment. In short order, Randy Travis took...
