Archive for April, 2009

Rory Braun benefit at Brewster Street Ice House

There will be a benefit on Sunday, May 3, 2009, at the Brewster Street Ice House in Corpus Christi, for Rory Braun, our friend at 94.7 Badlands FM, and Texas Music World.

Press Box

Johnny High celebrates 80 great years

Johnny High is well known and the Johnny High Country Music Review is going strong after 34 years. Johnnie High’s Country Music Revue is a weekly country music variety show held at the Arlington Music Hall in Arlington, Texas in the center of the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex.

Honors

North Alabama native Vern Gosdin passes away

The Lord has another fine country music singer and songwriter as Vern Gosdin died in Nashville last night.

Losses

Review of Jake Hooker’s Outsider CD from Startex Records

Jake Hooker and the Outsiders arrived in the mail today, by CD of course. “The Outsider” is another great CD from Jim Loessberg and Startex Records. The CD is produced by Jake Hooker and Jim Loessberg.

Featured CD

Logan Mize with Tex-Mex song Mexicoma

After Logan Eric Mize started following The Country Classics on Twitter I cruised over to his MySpace page where I discovered more than one great country song. If you like Tex Mex, you are sure to like “Mexicoma” which is just one track from this talented musician’s page.

Discoveries