American Songwriter

On This Day in 2020, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Unsung Outlaw Hero Who Was Covered by Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and Lefty Frizzell

Five years ago today, the country music world lost a celebrated songwriter and unsung hero of the Outlaw movement.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1983, Country Music Said Goodbye to a Massively Influential Guitarist Who Wrote Some of the Genre’s Most Enduring Hit Songs

Forty-two years ago today, the world lost one of the most influential guitar players in the history of modern roots music.