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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: New e-Book By Brett Matthew West Now Published

Brett Matthew West, the Founder of the Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses, and the extremely popular classiccountrymusicgoldnashville.com website proudly announces that his new book of poetry known as A Mother’s Love And Other Popularly Requested Poems About Life is … Continue reading

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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 21, 2015 — “Kaw-Liga”

BACK STORY: “Kaw-Liga” was named after a legendary Indian and an obscure community on the 44,000 acre Lake Martin, in Central Alabama, that was once a major Creek Indian population center. SONGWRITER: Hank Williams wrote his Classic song “Kaw-Liga,” that … 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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Blasts From The Past For Week Ending January 31, 2014

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 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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