SHE ASKED FOR ONE SONG — AND THE STATLER BROTHERS TURNED HER INTO A MEMORY THAT NEVER STOPPED CALLING
She appears for only a moment. A face in the crowd. A quiet request. A...
DO YOU REMEMBER THESE? — The Night Four Country Boys Opened a Time Capsule and Made Grown Men Cry
There are songs that remind you of another time. And then there are songs that...
At 82, Gene Watson Reveals The 3 Greatest Country Singers He Ever Knew
After more than six decades of singing country music, Gene Watson has heard just about...
THEY PROMISED FOREVER — AND THE STATLER BROTHERS KEPT THAT PROMISE ALL THE WAY TO THE GRAVE
THEY SANG ABOUT FOREVER — AND THE STATLER BROTHERS TURNED ONE SIMPLE PROMISE INTO A...
At 69, Vince Gill Finally Confirms Longstanding Rumors About Amy
For years, people have looked at Vince Gill and Amy Grant and wondered what has...
THE STATLER BROTHERS DIDN’T JUST SING ABOUT MAPLE STREET — THEY OPENED A DOOR TO THE HOME WE THOUGHT WE’D FORGOTTEN
Some songs need a grand stage. “Maple Street Memories” needed only a street, a few...
THE STATLER BROTHERS DIDN’T SING ABOUT A REUNION — “THE CLASS OF ’57” WAS A ROLL CALL FOR THE YEARS THAT NEVER CAME BACK
It does not begin like a grand tragedy. There is no dramatic farewell, no thunderous...
VINCE GILL WROTE IT FROM THE HEART — THEN HIS DAUGHTER JENNY SANG IT BESIDE HIM, AND THE SONG SUDDENLY MEANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Some songs belong to the person who wrote them. Others eventually belong to everyone who...
HE WAS THE NEW GUY WHO STEPPED INTO A LEGENDARY GROUP AND WROTE THEIR FINAL NUMBER-ONE HIT — BUT NOTHING PREPARED HIM FOR THE PRIVATE BURDEN THAT POURED INTO “TOO MUCH ON MY HEART.”
JIMMY FORTUNE GAVE THE STATLER BROTHERS THEIR FINAL NO. 1 — BUT “TOO MUCH ON...
THEY SANG HARMONY FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS AND WON MORE VOCAL GROUP AWARDS THAN ANY ACT IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY — BUT NOTHING PREPARED THEM FOR THE QUIET NIGHT ONE OF THEIR OWN HAD TO LEAVE THE STAGE FOREVER.
Long before the awards, television cameras, packed theaters, and songs that became part of American...