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Blasts From The Past For Week Ending February 21, 2015

BLASTS: Blasts From The Past is all about little tidbits of Classic Country Music history the Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses find very enlightening and very entertaining.  So, sit back, relax, kick your shoes off, put your feet up, … Continue reading

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending February 14, 2015 — “Bedtime Story”

SONGWRITERS: Tammy Wynette’s eleventh Billboard Country Music Number One Hit “Bedtime Story” was co-written by the Country Music Hall of Fame, and Musicians Hall of Fame, member Billy Sherrill and the Songwriter Glenn Sutton. B-SIDE: Released in November of 1971 … Continue reading

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Blasts From The Past For Week Ending February 14, 2015

BLASTS: Blasts From The Past is all about little tidbits of Classic Country Music history the Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses find very enlightening and very entertaining.  So, sit back, relax, kick your shoes off, put your feet up, … Continue reading

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Pull The Train — February 2015 Newsletter For The Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses AMAZING! Fan Club

FOUNDER’S CORNER: This month we are taking an indepth look at the origins and the history of one of Classic Country Music’s most famous and most popular Supergroups the Oak Ridge Boys. JOHN WALLACE FOWLER AND THE ORIGINS OF THE … Continue reading

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 31, 2015 — “Ode To Billie Joe”

SONGWRITER: Possessing a B-Side of the Country Rock song known as “Mississippi Delta,” and originally recorded at Capitol Studio C in Hollywood, California on July 10, 1967, “Ode To Billie Joe” was written by Roberta Lee Streeter, who was much … Continue reading

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Spotlight Legend Of The Month For February 2015 — The Extraordinary Country Music Songwriter Max D. Barnes

(This is the 21st Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran Series) BORN: Max D. Barnes was born on July 24, 1936 in Hard Scratch, Iowa, a small unincorporated farming community near Council Bluffs, in … Continue reading

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 24, 2015 — “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys”

WAYLON JENNINGS: Waylon Jennings originally released “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” on January 12, 1976 on the Wanted: The Outlaws album that also contained songs by Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. Waylon Jennings later re-released a version … Continue reading

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Blasts From The Past For Week Ending January 24, 2015

BLASTS: Blasts From The Past is all about little tidbits of Classic Country Music history the Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses find very enlightening and very entertaining. So sit back, relax, kick your shoes off, put your feet up, … Continue reading

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Blasts From The Past For Week Ending January 17, 2015

BLASTS: Blasts From The Past is all about little tidbits of Classic Country Music history that we, the Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses, find very enlightening and very entertaining. So, sit back, relax, kick your shoes off, put your … Continue reading

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 17, 2015 — “Whiskey River”

SONGWRITERS: “Whiskey River” was co-written by Johnny Bush, who was popularly well known as the “Country Caruso,” and was a major Performer of Texas Honky-Tonk music, and Paul Stroud. CHEROKEE COWBOYS: A one-time member of Ray Price’s Cherokee Cowboys, with … Continue reading

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