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Songwriters Hall of Fame
![<span style="font-size: small;">Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks are among the five who were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame this past weekend. Throughout his career, Alan has written or co-written 24 of his 35 #1 hit singles. “It’s one of the coolest honors for me because I’ve always been more about the music, and I’ve always been especially proud to be able to be a writer and to have songs that affect people that they enjoy. And, you know, to be included in the writers here in Nashville, that’s uh…some of the best music in the world comes out of this town.” Alan is second only to Merle Haggard in country music history as artists who have written or co-written #1 songs they have also recorded.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65464702-17042815.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks are among the five who were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame this past weekend. Throughout his career, Alan has written or co-written 24 of his 35 #1 hit singles. “It’s one of the coolest honors for me because I’ve always been more about the music, and I’ve always been especially proud to be able to be a writer and to have songs that affect people that they enjoy. And, you know, to be included in the writers here in Nashville, that’s uh…some of the best music in the world comes out of this town.” Alan is second only to Merle Haggard in country music history as artists who have written or co-written #1 songs they have also recorded.</span>")
Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks are among the five who were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame this past weekend. Throughout his career, Alan has written or co-written 24 of his 35 #1 hit singles. “It’s one of the coolest...Tags: Fine Arts, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Music Industry, Arts and Culture
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Merle Haggard to perform at Salem Civic Center in October
Country Music Hall of Fame member Merle Haggard is coming to the Salem Civic Center this fall. This will be Haggard’s first appearance at the Salem Civic Center in a decade. The show is set for Sunday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on...
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Life Out Here: Significant sentimental, sassy
As life becomes faster and attention spans of readers grow shorter, we have to adjust. I am doing so with this column, as from now on each week it will follow a new format that will feature three segments: one significant, one sentimental and one sassy....
Tags: George W. Bush, Pat Robertson, Rush Limbaugh, Entertainment, University of Southern California
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The music community reacts to the death of George Jones
Artists as diverse as Kelly Clarkson, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton and Alan Jackson are among those speaking out about the death today of celebrated singer George Jones. "It's a sad day for country music," said Loretta Lynn, while Paisley noted that Jones'...Tags: Andy Griffith, Alan Jackson, Kelly Clarkson, Ricky Skaggs, Awards and Prizes
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George Jones dies at 81; country music icon
Three decades ago, an east Texas singer named George Jones took on an impossibly melodramatic, shamelessly sentimental song about a man who desperately clutched at lost love until his dying breath. His 1980 recording of "He Stopped Loving Her Today"...Tags: Alan Jackson, Awards and Prizes, Bankruptcy, Human Interest, The Who (music group)
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George Jones: Country singer dies at 81
George Jones, widely recognized as one of the greatest honky-tonk singers of his time and also one of the most self-destructive, died Friday in Tennessee at age 81. The County Music Hall of Fame vocalist had been taken to Vanderbilt University Medical...
Tags: Kenny Rogers, B.B. King, Alan Jackson, Charlie Daniels, Entertainment
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Country legend George Jones dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 81 in a Nashville hospital after a year of ill health....
Tags: Substance Abuse, Alan Jackson, Entertainment, Alcohol Addiction, Music
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'The Walking Dead' recap, episode 315: 'This Sorrowful Life'
Oh my god no, no, no!!! It didn't have to be this way The Walking Dead. Dammit! When I said the last few episodes were moving along slowly, I didn't mean that I wanted you to kill off my favorite character! Scratch that: my best friend. This Sorrowful...
Tags: Family, Wanted (movie), The Rolling Stones (music group), Executive Branch, Government
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New leaf
To understand why the hiring of Brian Bannon as Chicago's public library commissioner caused a more-than-ordinary stir, let us quote a learned cultural authority. That authority is not Socrates. It is not Shakespeare. It is not Goethe. Nor is it...
Tags: John Milton, Jesse Jackson, Phil Jackson, Chicago Reader, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country-folkie, dead at 77
Stompin' Tom Connors, the legendary Canadian country-folk singer known for tunes that proudly raised a beer to hockey and other pillars of Canadian national culture, has died at age 77. One of Connors' signature tunes, "The Hockey Song," is...Tags: Gordon Lightfoot, Twitter, Inc., Stephen Harper, Ringo Starr, Entertainment
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The takeaway from Willie Nelson at Hard Rock Live
Country-music iconoclast Willie Nelson filled Hard Rock Live with familiar hits and ageless swagger Thursday night. Here are five things that resonate about the show. THE LEGEND I am embarrassed to say that I waited until Willie Nelson was nearly 80...
Tags: Willie Nelson, Flu, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Entertainment, Music
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Premiere: Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale's 'Buddy and Jim'
Once there was a great tradition in country music of male harmony singing, one that’s nearly disappeared in recent decades. The Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers and the Monroe Brothers were among the standouts of sibling harmony acts, while...
Tags: Entertainment, Music
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