Rosanne Cash Released a Song About Waiting for September With Her Ailing Father. Johnny Cash Died That September.
In March 2003, Rosanne Cash released Rules of Travel, her first album of new songs in nearly seven years. At…
The Statler Brothers Ended 38 Years on the Road With the First Song They Ever Sang Together
On Saturday night, October 26, 2002, the Statler Brothers walked onto the stage of the Salem Civic Center in Salem,…
In February 2016, Merle Haggard Took the Stage on an Oxygen Hose So He Would Not Lose His Band
In the last winter of his life, Merle Haggard was too sick to tour and too worried about his band…
Neil Peart Rode Ahead of His Daughter’s Jeep to Say Goodbye. By Nightfall, She Was Gone
On the morning of August 10, 1997, Rush drummer Neil Peart climbed on his motorcycle and led his 19-year-old daughter,…
Alan Jackson’s Song for His Mother’s Funeral Was Already Finished When a Christmas Gift Put Her Own Voice on It
In late 2020, the song Alan Jackson had written for his mother’s funeral was recorded and mixed. Then, at Christmas,…
Loretta Lynn Told Johnny Carson That Sissy Spacek Would Play Her. Sissy Spacek Had Never Agreed.
In the late 1970s, while Universal was turning her 1976 autobiography Coal Miner’s Daughter into a film, Loretta Lynn sat…
On His Last Night in The Voice UK’s Red Chair, Sir Tom Jones Watched a Welsh Busker Who Is Losing Her Sight Win It All
On Saturday, October 31, 2026, Sir Tom Jones sat in his red chair on The Voice UK for the final…
Glen Campbell’s Last Studio Song Began With One Remark About Forgetting the People He Loved
In January 2013, Glen Campbell walked into Sunset Sound in Los Angeles to record “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” a…
Barry Sadler’s Wife Was Alone With a Baby Bottle When He Appeared on the Evening News, Singing a Song America Had Never Heard
In the spring of 1965, Lavona Sadler was at her mother’s house in Pennsylvania, getting her infant son’s afternoon bottle…
Barry Sadler’s Wife Was Alone With a Baby Bottle When He Appeared on the Evening News, Singing a Song America Had Never Heard
In the spring of 1965, Lavona Sadler was at her mother’s house in Pennsylvania, getting her infant son’s afternoon bottle…