The Country Classics
Archive for August, 2008
Pedal steel guitar and dobro explained
In our educational series we invite you to see Jim Eaton explain the pedal steel guitar and the dobro. He plays both and shows you a six-neck steel guitar from the late 1940’s as he introduces the pedal steel guitar. This is an informative video.
Rolling Stones with steel guitar – Bob Wills Is Still The King
I like the Rolling Stones and I like country music.. but… I also like steel guitar. I think it’s great that the Rolling Stones would do this song and Ronnie Wood plays steel guitar. The Rolling Stones give a tribute to Waylon Jennings and Mic Jagger does “Bob Wills Is Still The [...]
Trivia – A spoon man and Jimmy C. Newman Cajun songs
This is another trivia question that might seem very trivial to many of you. Did Jimmy C. Newman use a spoon man when he recorded his Cajun country music? We know he used a dobro and the squeeze box (accordian), since you cannot make a Cajun song without them.
Trivia – Biff Collie, Harlan Howard and Tommy Collins
When Leonard finally came to California his real name was Leonard Sipes but his stage name was Tommy Collins. When Buck Owens sang Tommy’s songs on an album (yes, you remember vinyl) the songs were:
1. If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’
2. But I Do
3. It Tickles
4. I Always Get a Souvenir
5. My Last [...]
Kitty Wells honored with 10 month gallery exhibit
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 9, 2008 – The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will honor country music’s first female superstar, Kitty Wells, in Kitty Wells: Queen of Country Music, Presented by Great American Country Television Network, a biographical exhibit opening Friday, August 15, 2008, for a 10-month run in the Museum’s East Gallery. The [...]
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