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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: Garth Brooks, Fine Arts, Music Industry, Arts, 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: University of Southern California, Glenn Beck, Colleges and Universities, Regent University, Rush Limbaugh
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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: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kelly Clarkson, Andy Griffith, Grammy Awards, Substance Abuse
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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: The Who (music group), Police Arrests, Grammy Awards, Substance Abuse, Entertainment Events
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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: B.B. King, Kenny Rogers, Music Industry, Alan Jackson, Charlie Daniels
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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: Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest, Substance Abuse, Bankruptcy, Alan Jackson
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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...
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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: Ringo Starr, Stephen Harper, Ice Hockey, Twitter, Inc., Hockey (music group)
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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: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Flu, Willie Nelson, 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...
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Aaron Lewis' cohesive country side
Aaron Lewis is the tatted-out frontman for the multiplatinum-selling rock outfit Staind. You can now add "authentic country artist" to his description. Moonlighting from his hard-rock day job, Lewis made a splash in the country world when his 2011...
Tags: Kid Rock, Music Industry, Genres, Human Interest, Country and Western (genre)
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