Cliff Abbott’s lyrical storyteller style shines through in ‘How Much Longer?’
Cliff Abbott is a storyteller who thumps an upright bass and strums an acoustic guitar. This combination, along with the words to the self-penned stories
Cliff Abbott is a storyteller who thumps an upright bass and strums an acoustic guitar. This combination, along with the words to the self-penned stories
Mel Tillis started stuttering following a bout with malaria at 3 years of age … but he didn’t realize it until he entered first grade.
In last month’s Rhythm of the Road, I began a countdown of the Top 10 songs recorded by the Oak Ridge Boys (ORB) that, in
The Oak Ridge Boys (ORB) have announced their retirement and farewell tour. It’s been a long, 50+ year career for the current quartet — and
Last month, I shared the first of a two-part series about one of America’s cowboy heroes — Gene Autry. When we left off, Texas-born Autry
Those who know me sometimes say I have a one-track mind when it comes to music. That is a fallacy. After all, I listen to
Leon Everette may have grown up in Queens, New York, but his South Carolina roots were pure country. During his childhood, Everette didn’t aspire to
If your last name is Frizzell, you may or not be country music royalty. But if your last name is Frizzell AND your brother’s name
Parking is still a hot issue in the trucking world, and the lack of it creates headaches for most every truck driver at some point.
Country crooner Lee Greenwood isn’t a one-hit wonder, and this performer didn’t just come to Nashville after drifting down some “Dusty Dixie Road.” But, then
Now that the new baseball season is under way, it’s time to reflect on the rites of passage for a sport — the millions upon
If one is to look at the television, it seems murder is all the rage these days. You have a choice of “NCIS (insert your
In last month’s column, Kris Rutherford kicked off the first of a series about Jimmy Buffett. To read the previous piece, click here. Summarizing the
Truck drivers navigating the interstates aren’t much different than other American workers. Every worker thinks often of reaching the next destination, of finishing the next
As a caveat to what you’ll read if you continue reading this column, I admit I am no expert on Southern rock music. After all,
If your musical tastes are confined to Top 40 country radio, chances are you’ve never heard of Junior Brown. Despite a career dating back to
Big rigs, and of course, big rig drivers, are hardly unique to the U.S. Large numbers of Canadian and Mexican trucking firms employ drivers, and
Just a few decades ago folks referred to almost any type of country music as “hillbilly” — a genre known primarily as bluegrass among music
Of the countless miles I spent in the back seat of a Chevy station wagon, traveling along the interstates of America during the 1970s, I
By the late 1970s, Mickey Gilley was a bona fide country music headliner. But he couldn’t have imagined what lay in store for him as