Jerry Reed News

State Sen. Marc Keahey, D-Grove Hill, says he won't endorse a candidate in the special election to fill his former House seat.

Renegade music producer, record executive, song hunter and promoter Shelby Singleton Jr., a Shreveport-reared music upstart who helped fuse country and R&B music in the 1960s and perpetuated the Sun Records label since 1969, died Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.

Drew Steen has been the drummer for teen pop sensation Demi Lovato for a little over a year now, and Jerry Roe is the new beatkeeper for 2008 American Idol runner-up David Archuleta.

JJ Grey knows it's the heat and the humidity. And the South in general. The conversation has traveled from music, Southern music in particular, into the murkier tributaries of race and culture.

If you have not heard the music of Chet Atkins, The Essential Chet Atkins is a great way to start.

There is some talk going around that trucking has a hostile workplace, and they are not talking about dealing with four wheelers! It appears that some think that trucking companies do not treat their drivers well, especially their trainees.

There was a time when electric guitars had no place in country music, and then - along came Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Speedy West, Jerry Reed and a host of other electrified plectrum gods.

Singer/songwriter Buddy Greene will present a concert at Spruce Lake Retreat's Lakeview Program Center at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Shane Clark grew up with a bluegrass-playing dad. Sure, as a kid he also listened to AC/DC but, like many young boys, his musical taste was still developing.

This is a great time to be Eddie Vedder! Tickets for his two shows at the Hawaii Theater sold out so fast back in April -- blink once and you missed out! -- that all he has to do is find the theater, get paid, and then walk out on stage and do the show.

Bassists/bandleaders Bryan Beller , Doug Johns , Sean O'Bryan Smith and Roy Vogt will band together to present Nashville's second installment of The Low Show on the Friday night of this years Nashville NAMM show, July 17, at The Rutledge from 7:30 to 11:00pm The Low Show is a continuing concept in which a collective of the industry's leading ...

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Yes, Jonny Corndawg's moniker is incredibly appropriate-at least when it comes to his subject matter and his whimsical, absurdist approach.

Known throughout country music as "the Guitar Man," singer/songwriter Jerry Reed gained recognition not only for a successful solo career but also as an actor and ace session player.

Monette Manor held a dedication service for the newly erected flag pole on Friday morning, May 22, with a ceremony honoring all resident veterans.

Little known fact: Steve Wariner was actually fired by Chet Atkins . Steve played in Chet's band, and Steve says one day Chet called him in and let him go.