- Today in 1976, Glen Campbell and “Rhinestone Cowboy” scored four GRAMMY nominations, including Record of the Year.
- Today in 1986, Reba McEntire joined the Grand Ole Opry during a CBS special celebrating the Opry’s 60th Hank Snow boycotted the special when producers limited him to one verse of “I’m Moving On.”
- Today in 1988, the “Trio” album, by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Album.
- Today in 1995, Tim McGraw’s single, “Not A Moment Too Soon,” claimed the #1 position on the Billboard country chart
- Today in 2000, Deana Carter’s “Did I Shave My Legs For This?” hit the 5-million mark.
- Today in 2006, “She Let Herself Go” went to #1 on the Billboard country chart for George Strait.
- Today in 2009, Billy Currington earned a gold single for the Luke Bryan-penned “Good Directions.”
- Today in 2010, Mindy McCready suffered a seizure on camera at the close of the season’s second episode of “Celebrity Rehab” on VH1.
- Today in 2013, Parmalee’s “Carolina” was released.
- Today in 2017, Tucker Beathard made his Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
- Today in 2017, Sturgill Simpson was the musical guest on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”
- Today in 2018, Dan + Shay performed during halftime of an NFL playoff game at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field. Among their songs, “Nothin’ Like You,” “From The Ground Up” and “How Not To.” In the end, the Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Steelers, 45-42.
- Today in 2018, Dierks Bentley threw a grand-opening party for his Whiskey Row venue in Nashville. Among his famous friends celebrating with him? Thomas Rhett, who performed “That Ain’t My Truck,” Maren Morris – who covered “Strawberry Wine” and Brothers Osborne, who rocked a rendition of “Chattahoochee.”
- Today in 2020, officials in Hendersonville, Tennessee, voted to rename a portion of East Main Street as Conway Twitty Lane. The community was previously the home to his tourist attraction Twitty City.
- Today in 2020, Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson’s single, “Pancho And Lefty,” was named a 2020 addition to the GRAMMY Hall of Fame, along with Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight,” The Stanley Brothers’ “I’m A Man Of Constant Sorrow,” The Chuck Wagon Gang’s “I’ll Fly Away” and Blind Alfred Reed’s “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live.”
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MEET THE H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: “LADY”
This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Lady”, a 2 year old Pit Bull mix. She’s energetic & a bit vocal when she first meets you, but calms down quickly. She gets along with cats, and her sweet disposition would make her a great companion! She’s vaccinated & fully vetted, and would love to meet you!
If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Lady or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, visit https://www.stephenmemorial.org/ and fill out an adoption application.
Check out our visit about Lady with Terry Gott from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:
Miranda Lambert Drops Video For “If I Was A Cowboy”
Miranda Lambert just dropped the video for her latest single “If I Was A Cowboy,” and as you’d imagine has a decidedly country western theme.
It opens with Miranda riding through an old western town and then later she leads a group on horseback, hangs by a campfire and drinks whiskey a an old timey saloon.
“We shot this video in a little old town in Texas with real cowboys and you’ll see some cameos from a few of my favorite people,” she shares on Instagram, referring to appearances by her hubby Brendan McLoughlan and others.
Source: Miranda Lambert
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1968, Johnny Cash recorded the live album, “Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison” in California – he remade “Folsom Prison Blues” in the process. Also on hand – June Carter, The Carter Family, Carl Perkins and The Statler Brothers.
- Today in 1978, the “Waylon Live” album by Waylon Jennings was certified gold.
- Today in 1981, country movie music scores big at the GRAMMYs, as the “Urban Cowboy” soundtrack scored four nominations.” Roadie” songs get three, and “Honeysuckle Rose” picks up two. Sissy Spacek gets a nomination for her performance of “Coal Miner’s Daughter”
- Today in 1990, Keith Whitley hits #1 on the Billboard country chart with “It Ain’t Nothin'”
- Today in 1992, George Strait’s “Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind” album was certified platinum.
- Today in 1994, Clint Black’s fourth album, “No Time To Kill,” went platinum.
- Today in 1994, Alan Jackson hit #1 with the single, “Gone Country.”
- Today in 1995, Joe Diffie’s album, “Third Rock from the Sun,” went platinum.
- Today in 1995, the “Lead On” album by George Strait was certified gold and platinum simultaneously.
- Today in 1996, Faith Hill was at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with “It Matters To Me”
- Today in 1996, Martina McBride made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry since becoming a member the previous November. Terri Clark made her Opry debut the same evening.
- Today in 1997, Brooks & Dunn’s album, “Borderline,” went double platinum.
- Today in 1997, Toby Keith’s “Blue Moon” album went gold.
- Today in 1999, the album, “Who I Am,” by Alan Jackson was certified quadruple platinum.
- Today in 2002, the first episode of “CMT Crossroads” aired, pairing a country act with a non-country performer. In this inaugural show matched “Passionate Kisses” songwriter Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello.
- Today in 2006, Big & Rich’s “Comin’ To Your City” album was certified gold and platinum simultaneously.
- Today in 2010, Trace Adkins signs a recording deal with Toby Keith’s Show Dog-Universal Music during a press conference at BMI in Nashville.
- Today in 2012, Jake Owen broke his collarbone skiing in Crested Butte, Colorado, forcing the cancellation of several concerts.
- Today in 2015, Brad Paisley’s “Crushin’ It” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2017, Dierks Bentley took his annual polar plunge for New Year’s nearly two weeks late. Penalizing himself for his tardiness, he stayed in the 38-degree water for 13 minutes.
- Today in 2018, Billy Currington was thrown into panic when he received an official cell phone alert warning of an in-bound ballistic missile. The alarm, it was soon discovered, was the result of human error.
- Today in 2020, Darius Rucker’s version of “Wagon Wheel” was certified eight-times platinum.
- Today in 2020, Brooks & Dunn, Kane Brown and Brett Young topped the bill as Bobby Bones hosted his annual Million Dollar Show to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Surprise acts included Sawyer Brown, Old Dominion, Lindsay Ell and Sam Hunt, who performed “Kinfolks” and “Body Like A Back Road.”
- Today in 2020, Josh Gracin and his wife, Katie, welcomed their son, Luka Roman Gracin, in Nashville.
- Today in 2020, Jordan Davis picked up a double-platinum certification from the RIAA for his song, “Singles You Up.” The same day, Luke Bryan’s single, “That’s My Kind Of Night,” was certified quintuple-platinum.
- Today in 2021, moments after Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice, he presented Toby Keith and Ricky Skaggs the National Medal of Arts in the East Room of the White House.
- Today in 2021, Tennessee State Rep. John Windle introduced a bill to create a statue of Dolly Parton to reside at the Capitol in Nashville. As “humbled” as she was about the suggestion, Dolly later asked that the legislation be dropped – noting, “With all that is going on in the world, I don’t think that putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time.”
New Biography Of Merle Haggard Coming Next Week
Merle Haggard fans are going to get to learn even more about him. A new biography, “THE HAG: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard” by Marc Elliot, comes out Tuesday.
The over 450 page book features info from more than 100 new interviews, including ones with country artists Dwight Yoakam and Marty Stuart, Haggard’s best friend Frank Mull, members of his band the Strangers and more.
According to the press release, the book delves into a aspects of Merle’s life, including the “self-created turmoil that expressed itself through drugs, women, booze, and betrayal,” as well as his five marriages, wealth, fame, poverty, and addiction.
Source: U Discover Music
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1992, Garth Brooks rose to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with “Unanswered Prayers”
- Today in 1993, Marty Stuart earned his first-ever gold album for “This One’s Gonna Hurt You.”
- Today in 1993, the video, “Reba In Concert,” was certified platinum.
- Today in 1996, Tim Rushlow of Little Texas became the proud father of daughter, Bailey Nicole.
- Today in 1998, Shania Twain inducted the Mamas & the Papas into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.
- Today in 1999, “The Very Best Of John Denver” was certified gold and platinum.
- Today in 2006, Sugarland’s appearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” was marked by the absence of original member Kristen Hall. It was seen as a sign of her departure, which the group announced days later.
- Today in 2009, Lady Antebellum’s “I Run To You” was released.
- Today in 2014, a Yoplait ad featuring Eddie Rabbitt’s “I Love A Rainy Night” had its first airing on TV.
- Today in 2017, Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman and husband Stephen announce they’d adopted daughter, Dolly Grace Schlapman. She joined their other daughter, Daisy Pearl, who was born in 2007.
- Today in 2018, Carrie Underwood’s “The Champion” hit the airwaves.
- Today in 2018, Florida Georgia Line earned a gold single from the RIAA for “Smooth” and Justin Moore’s single, “Somebody Else Will,” also went gold.
- Today in 2019, Chris Stapleton sang “Whiskey River” to launch the A&E taping of “Willie: Life & Songs Of An American Outlaw” at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. The lineup includedEric Church, George Strait, Emmylou Harris, Sturgill Simpson, Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss and Jamey Johnson.
- Today in 2019, Tom T. Hall and John Prine were announced as 2019 inductees in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, part of a class that included Cat Stevens, Missy Elliott and Jack Tempchin.
- Today in 2020, Tanya Tucker welcomed surprise guest Billy Ray Cyrus to duet on “Old Town Road” in a concert at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Tucker’s guests also included Billy Joe Shaver, Lee Ann Womack, Johnny Rodriguez, Dennis Quaid, Jamey Johnson and Margo Price, who joins Tucker on “Love Me Like You Used To.”
- Today in 2021, the Jimmie Allen/ Brad Paisley single, “Freedom Was A Highway,” hit the airwaves. The same day, Tim McGraw & Tyler Hubbard’s single, “Undivided,” was also released.
Tim McGraw Talks Challenges Of Filming ‘Yellowstone’ Prequel
Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill currently star in the “Yellowstone” prequel “1883,” where they have to ride horses and steer wagons, and it sounds like it wasn’t easy filming.
“Being on the wagon was something that was really intense and really took a lot of work. And Faith (Hill) spends the most time drivin’ the wagon during the show, so she spent a lot of time doing that to where she’s pretty expert at it now,” Tim shares. “I mean, that’s a harder deal than people think it is to drive a wagon.”
And Tim’s time on his horse was a bit dangerous too. “Just about every scene I shot with my horse he was trying to throw me in the middle of the river.”
“1883” is currently airing on Paramount +.
Source: Tim McGraw
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1964, Roger Miller recorded “Dang Me” and “Chug-A-Lug” in Nashville at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio.
- Today in 1967, Johnny Cash & June Carter recorded the classic, “Jackson,” at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville.
- Today in 1990, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s album “Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume 2” rounded up five GRAMMY nominations.
- Today in 1997, Kevin Sharp’s remake of The Tony Rich Project’s “Nobody Knows” hit #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 2003, Mark Wills began a six-week stay at the Billboard summit with “19 Somethin’.”
- Today in 2003, CMT’s “Most Wanted Live” debuted Shania Twain’s “Up!” video and Montgomery Gentry’s “Speed.”
- Today in 2006, Sugarland’s debut album, “Twice The Speed Of Life,” went double-platinum.
- Today in 2010, Luke Bryan’s single, “Rain Is A Good Thing,” was released.
- Today in 2012, Taylor Swift was named Favorite Country Artist during the People’s Choice Awards.
- Today in 2016, the Chris Young/ Cassadee Pope duet, “Think Of You,” hit the airwaves.
Maren Morris Drops ‘Circles Around This Town’
After days of teasing, Maren Morris finally released some new music. The singer just dropped the new tune “Circles Around This Town.”
In the song she sings of her journey to Nashville and struggles she had trying to make it, along with her perseverance to finally make it big. In fact she describes the tune on Insta as “My story in a song.”
She also dropped the video for the song, which kicks off with a TV announcer, the voice of Reba McEntire, talking directly to her and telling her to try her luck in Nashville. The clip sees her stuck at home wanting to escape to her better life, cut with scenes of her driving circles through a parking lot.
This day in Country Music History
- Today in 1961, Faron Young recorded “Hello Walls” at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio.
- Today in 1967, Charley Pride became the first black-American solo singer to perform on Grand Ole Opry.
- Today in 1978, Johnny Paycheck’s “Take This Job And Shove It” reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.
- Today in 2003, the Dixie Chicks and Alan Jackson each received four GRAMMY nominations.
- Today in 2009, Carrie Underwood took home three trophies at the 35th annual People’s Choice Awards. Rascal Flatts won one.
- Today in 2012, Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott married drummer Chris Tyrell in upstate New York.
- Today in 2013, Zac Brown Band sang the national anthem for the college football’s BCS Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
- Today in 2015, Lady A, Carrie Underwood and Hunter Hayes won country trophies on CBS’ telecast of the People’s Choice Awards. Taylor Swift claimed three pop honors.
- Today in 2016, Rachel Reinert announced via Twitter that she’s leaving Gloriana.
- Today in 2018, Keith Urban and Kelly Clarkson presented the Best Original Song trophy during the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Nicole Kidman won the night’s first trophy, for “Big Little Lies.”
- Today in 2019, Travis Denning’s single “After A Few” hit the airwaves. On the same day, Jimmie Allen’s “Make Me Want To” was also released.
- Today in 2021, “Us Weekly” reported the Catholic church had granted an annulment to Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. It was an impediment to Stefani marrying Blake Shelton.
- Today in 2021, Lee Brice announced he’s a brand ambassador for Yuengling beer.
- Today in 2021, TBS launched the “Go-Big Show,” an extreme talent contest featuring judges Jennifer Nettles, Snoop Dogg, Cody Rhodes and Rosario Dawson.
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