Ernest Tubb News

Oh, my goodness, did the nominating committee run out of candidates or something? Kid Rock, is this the same Kid Rock that seems to get into trouble every time he shows up in Nashville? . Nominating him for the same award as Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb, Tootsie Bess and Charlie Daniels is like nominating my family pet along with Trigger, Lassie, Rin ...

All things music from the Tennessean.com entertainment staff. Click to see photos from April's Walk of Fame ceremony .

Hailing from Maryville, Tennessee, Greene got his start in the record business as a vocalist in Ernest Tubb's band, but he hardly had the same almost-on-key "twang" as his boss.

R. Cronk, Leeds, 370-9165, wanted to find someone who knows antiques and can determine the value, for insurance purposes, of some pieces that she has.

For the 45th year in a row, music fans from all walks of life gathered this weekend at the Troubadour Lounge and Park in Morgan County, the home of the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame, to pay tribute to the life and music of the late Patsy Cline and Ernest Tubb.

In 1952, Muriel Deason - known in the music business as Kitty Wells - had a plan that didn't involve becoming a pioneering legend of country music.

The late Texas songwriter Cindy Walker has left an unusual and generous gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Her catalog of about 500 songs, many of them pop and country classics.

The late Texas songwriter Cindy Walker has left an unusual and generous gift to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Her catalog of about 500 songs, many of them pop and country classics.

From 1999 to 2001, Simpson had three pop hits that included one platinum single along with five Recording Industry Association of America certified gold and two multi-platinum albums.

Mount Airy native and music star Donna Fargo visits Mount Airy last Tuesday and Wednesday before moving on to Winston-Salem where she received the Ernest Tubb award on Saturday.

A 2007 inductee into the Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame, Margie LeBlanc comes to the Cuero Country Opry stage on Thursday.

The Browns celebrated the 50th anniversary of the release of their crossover hit, "The Three Bells," with performances Saturday night at the Grand Ole Opry and the Ernest Tubb Record Shop's Midnite Jamboree.

A singer and demon guitarist whose raucous blend of country and rock & roll helped make him a successful crossover act, Junior Brown was born in 1952 and raised in the backwoods of Kirksville, IN.

As a grade-schooler in Arizona, Tanya Tucker and her father, Beau Tucker, would convince touring country singers like Ernest Tubb and Little Jimmy Dickens to give her a moment in the spotlight, too.

Delilah DeWylde Mixing self penned songs with old country hits by such artists as Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Ernest Tubb, and Buck Owens to name a few, Delilah and the Lost Boys come out on stage looking and sounding like a 45 year step back in time.

Caroline Portlock of Minooka attended a St. Charles music festival when a man sitting under a tree playing a lap guitar caught her eye.

Singer/songwriter Billy Yates has announced the lineup for his annual Countriest of the Country show, Wednesday, June 10, at the Ernest Tubb Texas Troubadour Theater in Nashville.

Settling in for some live music at 8:30 is pretty common -- but on a Monday morning? It happens every week at the Marwood Park Restaurant in Oshawa, where the joint is generally lively as country music lovers from all over the region assemble to hear the band Classic Country.