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25 Things You May Not Know About Country Icon Willie Nelson In a career that has encompassed performing, songwriting, acting and activism, there are so many highlights to consider when looking back at Willie Nelsons life. Here are 25 of our favorite things you might not know about the American icon. 1. Willie Hugh Nelson was born April 29, 1933, in Abbott, Texas. Also born in Texas that same month were future TV stars Carol Burnett and Carolyn Jones ( The Addams Family). 2. Because he was born ...

Local master distiller inducted into the global Whisky Hall Of Fame The innovative Andy Watts is well deserving of this great honour, writes Dram the Man 25 April 2021 - 00:02 By Dram the Man You know how you know when an individual honour is richly deserved? Its when said individual doesnt claim the glory or hog the spotlight. This characteristic is there in the best of them - a quiet, unfazed confidence, free of pretension, it point-blank refuses to be sidetracked by the awarding ...

GlenAllachie Releases Next Batch Of Acclaimed 10-Year Cask Strength Scotch GlenAllachie Releases Next Batch Of Acclaimed 10-Year Cask Strength Scotch Fresh off the award for “World’s Best Single Malt” at the 2021 World Whiskies Awards, Scotland’s The GlenAllachie recently released the next batch of its 10-year single malt. The fourth installment of the GlenAllachie single malt impressed the World Whiskies Awards judges in blind tastings in its category. First, winners were determined fo...

White Heather Blended Scotch Whisky packaging The packaging for White Heather Blended Scotch Whisky uses ornate floral filigree to reflect the care that goes into crafting this blended malt whisky brand. Responses by Matt Burns, creative director, Thirst Craft Background: The White Heather Blended Scotch Whisky brand had been acquired by one of the whisky world’s most esteemed entrepreneurs and master distillers, Billy Walker, from Pernod Ricard. The brand was in circulation from the 1960s ...

Tributes to Coventry boxing legend who died of Covid Peter Boddington died at the age of 78 05:00, 18 APR 2021 Peter Boddington Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newsletter...

The GlenAllachie Distillers Company, helmed by Scottish whisky legend Billy Walker, recently released its first-ever blended Scotch whisky, White Heather 21-year-old.

Fifty-eight years ago today (March 5, 1963) was a tragic day for the country music community: It was on that date that Patsy Cline, along with Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas, was killed in a plane crash while on her way home from a benefit concert in Kansas City, Kan. Although she was ill with the flu, Cline performed three shows at Kansas Citys Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on March 3, to raise money for the family of DJ Jack "Cactus" Call, who had been killed in a car crash that Ja...

Recalling ‘Cactus’ Jack Call, the Man Patsy Cline Came to KC to Honor Tribute Show for Country Music DJ Was Clines Final Performance Share this story Published March 4th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: Mildred Keith shot the famous "last photograph" of Patsy Cline. (Contributed | Keith family) Almost everybody knows the Patsy Cline-comes-to-Kansas City story. Fewer people know the “Cactus” Jack Call story. Cline died on March ...

On March 3, 1963, Patsy Cline performed her final show in Kansas City, Kan.

While many stayed home on Monday, others got out to pick-up some last-minute weather essentials. Author: Mercedes Mackay Updated: 7:53 PM CST February 15, 2021 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — If you dont have to go out, stay off the roads, but thats not possible for some of us and a challenge for a few others.  Several Arkansans braved the storm on Monday and got outside.  While many businesses across Little Rock were forced to shut their doors, a few did stay open a...