The Country Classics

This Country Classics article is a tribute to a friend of mine. A truck driver and dear friend of mine, he hauled D-5 bulldozers for a mining exploration company. The video below is a tribute to all truckers, but Bill’s situation was slightly different. On Bill’s last cross-country run he thought about […]

In our educational series we feature the Carter Starter steel guitar. This is a nine minute video that features the specifics of the Carter Starter. My wife and I recently found two Carter Starter steel guitars at the Musician’s Friend clearance center in Kansas City Missouri. We looked at both of them […]

Faron Young was born in Shreveport Lousianna in 1932, and he passed away in 1996. A song that is hard to research, but remembered by many, is “Riverboat.” As I started writing this article I thought I listened to the song on AM radio around 1959 or 1960. Listeners could hear part […]

Jerry Reed lived each day like he just wanted to have fun. He passed away at the age of 71 from complications related to emphysema. His hits included “Amos Moses,” “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot,” “East Bound and Down,” “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)” and “The Bird.” Nothing displayed fun […]

He played steel guitar for Hank Williams and was part of Hanks band. Long-time steel guitar player Don Helms passed away at the age of 81. Don Helms, who died of a heart attack on August 11, was born in 1927 in Alabama, and grew up listening to the sound of steel guitars […]