Posts Tagged Country Music

FLASHBACK: SPECIAL TIMES, LORETTA LYNN

    I had the good fortune of meeting Loretta Lynn in July 1969 where she was performing at the county fair in Mayfield, Ky. She was on the back of a flatbed truck, playing a guitar, barefoot, and the crowd loved her. Over the next year we ran into each other in different towns as we were both traveling,

NASHVILLE: STUDIO B

Nashville’s Studio B “HONOR THY MUSIC” As Music City’s only historic studio tour, RCA’s Studio B provides a glimpse into the heart of Nashville music-making during one of its most exciting and classic periods. It was originally call RCA Studios and In the 60s it became famous for being a part of what was referred to as The Nashville Sound.

FLASHBACK ’63: BRENDA LEE AND FRANCE MILITARY BASE

The year was 1963, place France, and I was a junior in High School. Dad was in the Air Force stationed at Laon Air Base. The base did not provide a school. Each Sunday we were shipped out by shuttle  to Verdun for the week. On Friday we were back on the bus headed to Laon. One weekend, I was