The Country Classics
Archive for December, 2009
Wynn Stewart is on MySpace and TCC “Honors” category
Winford Lindsey Stewart was born on June 7, 1934 and passed away on July 17, 1985. You know him as Wynn Stewart, and now he is on MySpace.
Nominees for Greatest Honky Tonk Songs Volume 1
This is The Country Classics list of all-time greatest honky tonk songs as selected by our publisher, Tim Blake. The distinction between honky tonks, saloons and dancehalls is often blurred, especially in cowtowns, mining districts, military forts and oilfields of the West.
Dothan Alabama Country Music District to rival Branson
At least 2000 new jobs have been created in Dothan Alabama thanks to a new country music district. According to Crystal Jarvis, writing for the Birmingham Business Journal, 2,000 jobs have been created in the South Alabama region with the opening of Country Crossing, a country music entertainment district located in Dothan Alabama.
Happy Honky Tonk Christmas from The Country Classics
Merry Christmas to all of you. Here is Johnny Paycheck singing “Honky Tonk Christmas”
Hawkshaw Hawkins “Lonesome 7-7203″ was number 1 for four weeks
Hawkshaw Hawkins was married to Jean Shepard. He was killed in a plane crash along with Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas in 1963. He also had a tremendous hit with “Lonesome 7-7203″, and one of our readers pointed out that he was not included in The Country Classics after our first eighteen months. [...]
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