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Forget Seattle. Rural Washington is ready to rock the Grammys By Michael Rietmulder, The Seattle Times
Published: March 10, 2021, 1:45pm
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2 Photos Brandy Clark performs at the fourth annual ACM Party for a Cause festival in Las Vegas on April 1, 2016. (Amy Harris/Rex Shutterstock/Zuma Press/TNS) Photo Gallery
SEATTLE When most people think about music from Washington, they default to Seattle, the city of grunge. But the town that birthed indie rock darlings and generational rap stars hardly has a monopoly on Washington music culture. Some of our greatest musical exports have deep connections with the more rural parts of the state. The proof is in the Grammys.
Edward L. Wooster, 79, accomplished euchre player, even better solitaire player, veteran, remarkable father and loving friend, passed away Jan. 21, 2021. Ed h
Charley Pride has joined the heavenly choir which must have more stars than it can cope with now. We have been robbed of so many lifelong friends in 2020, and Charley was that and more.
I first met Charley Pride at the Country Music Awards show in Nashville 1972. It was a brief meeting. Read More
He was a massive star on RCA records, second only to Elvis Presley, and I was a star-struck fledgling journalist visiting America for the first time. He was surrounded by heavy security everywhere he went. White racists didn t want a black man singing their music. Some of the black community were angry with him for singing country songs. It seemed he couldn t win.
BBBS column: Reflection, giving thanks, and gratitude for mentors
Jeff Nance, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Henderson County
Autumn is the greatest of the four seasons to me. It’s a time of reflection, thanksgiving and gratitude. As the leaves fade and break free of the branches, my mind detaches and meanders to the little boy from long ago.
Reflection: I am 9 years old again and remember wishing that I had never been born. Profanity and domestic abuse abound within the walls of my childhood home. Raised in a single-parent home, without a father, my mother endured constant, physical and emotional abuse from her alcoholic boyfriend. Those horrific nights left traumatic scars on my soul.