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Top 10 Willie Nelson Songs Willie Nelson songs are some of the most beloved of all time. The iconic singer-songwriter and guitarist has recorded songs from across almost every genre over the course of his legendary career, touching on country, folk, jazz and standards. Nelson's catalog is so vast that it's difficult to select just 10 songs to represent it. He's not only one of country music's greatest songwriters, he's also one of the genre's most inimitable vocal stylists and guitarists, making this list of the Top 10 Willie Nelson Songs that much more impressive. 10 From: 'A Horse Called M...

American Back Roads roundup April 2021 The time's right for another roundup of cool new releases – mostly Americana with a range of reissues. Author: By Bruce Sylvester The time's right for another roundup of cool new releases – mostly Americana with a range of reissues.    Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band's Dance Songs for Hard Times(Family Owned Records/Thirty Tigers). With frenzied vocals and backwoods juke joint guitar, “No Tellin' When,” a Covid-era song of separation, comes across like a “Poor Boy a Long Way from Home” blues lament. The Rev.'s intensity and urgency convey a...

Horace “Hoss” Logan: A Shreveport Legend Being born a native Louisianan in Mer Rouge, and raised in nearby Monroe, Horace Logan Jr. couldn't have had any idea the influence he would have on popular music. Not long after landing in Shreveport, Logan got a job at KWKH (now 1130AM The Tiger) at 16 years old after winning a contest. Even at 16, Horace Logan had a deep and booming voice. After announcing for several years, Logan took over as Program Director at KWKH in 1947. The following year, in 1948 Logan started booking acts for a live music program that would become the famous Louisiana...

Dissecting Shreveport’s Country Music Legend Faron Young Faron Young was a country music musician who took Nashville by storm from the 50s through the 70s. But, his beginnings were a little more humble. Faron was born in Shreveport Louisiana on February 25th, 1932 to a family that worked on a dairy farm on the outskirts of town. The future country music star, according to his six siblings was the only one of the six that could carry a tune. Apparently he was good at it as well. Faron use to hang out on his porch near the fence where the cows were kept, and would play guitar and sing for th...

Today in Music History - April 9 The Canadian Press 1 hour ago Today in Music History for April 9:   In 1932, rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins was born in Jackson, Tenn. He wrote "Blue Suede Shoes," which went to No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart and No. 1 on the country chart in 1956. Perkins nearly died in a car accident in March of '56, and never had a similar hit. Perkins died in Nashville on Jan. 19, 1998, following three strokes. In 1939, about 75,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to hear black contralto Marian Anderson perform after she was denied use of ...