Archive for September, 2009
The Llano Country Opry will be staged on Saturday, October 3, 2009, at the Lantex Theater in downtown Llano. The show begins at 7:30 PM and admission is $10.00 per person.
Ruby Wright, the daughter of Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright, passed away last night at the age of 70.
Ruby toured with her parents road show for many years and was part of their television program as well.
The Marble Falls Opry will be staged on Saturday, September 26, at the Uptown Theater in Marble Falls . The show begins at 7:30 PM and admission is $15.00 per person. Tickets are available at the Uptown Theater or by calling (830) 693-9996.
Darrell McCall will headline the Marble Falls Opry this month. McCall grew up listening to the music and guitar picking of Merle Travis. He started his own Saturday morning country deejay show on WSRW radio in Hillsboro Ohio, at the age of fifteen. McCall began playing dances as a musician and joined the United States Army Reserves after high school.
Here are the September road dates for Gary P. Nunn: September 11 Broken Spoke, 3201 South Lamar, Austin, TX
September 12 Private Event
September 18 Grape Fest, Grapevine TX
September 19 Pickin in Nac, pickinnac.com, 401 E. Main St. Nacogdoches, TX
September 24 Lucky Mule Saloon, 1850 S. Clack St. Abilene, TX
September 25 Murphy Maze Days Festival, Murphy, TX
September 26 Old Peanut Mill Steakhouse, 1100 Ft. McKavitt, Mason, TX
The Llano Country Opry will feature Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson on Saturday, September 12. The show will be held at the Lantex Theater in downtown Llano, and begins at 7:30 PM. Admission is $12.00 per person. Tickets are now on sale at the Llano National Bank, Llano Chamber of Commerce, Lively Computers in Kingsland or by calling (325) 247-5354.
Startex Records announced the arrival of Jake Hooker’s latest CD, “Lost Along The Way”. As with Jake’s past CDs, this new CD is 12 of the most traditional, honky-tonk, fiddle and steel songs and is probably Jake’s best to date.
KNEL’s Hillbilly Hits Radio Show is back online beginning Thursday night. We will broadcast on the world wide web each Thursday evening between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM Central Time and then the show will be rebroadcast on Saturday nights between 6:00 PM and 10:00 PM Central Time.


