October 9, 2012 Leo Guarente runs The Junk Depot in Massachusetts and was hired by the family of a recently deceased woman to haul off her belongings. That's how he discovered over $100 thousand dollars worth of U.S. savings bonds. However, it's what he did next that is the real story.
October 9, 2012 1989 - The pairing of Hank Williams Jr. with Hank Sr. on "There's A Tear In My Beer" wins two honors during the 23rd annual Country Music Association awards
October 5, 2012 The Taste of Home Cooking School is coming up Tuesday, October 9th and it features Tracy Byrd!
October 4, 2012 1975 - Willie Nelson picks up his first #1 single as an artist...
October 3, 2012 1992 - Collin Raye's "In This Life" rises to #1 on the Billboard country chart.
2011 - ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr.'s "Monday Night Football" theme the same day the singer makes a statement on FOX News widely interpreted as comparing president Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler
October 2, 2012 1948 - Chris LeDoux born inBiloxi,Mississippi. A rodeo champion, he develops a music career with a gift for showmanship.
September 28, 2012 1974 - Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man" resides at #1 on the Billboard country chart.
2010 - The Grand Ole Opry House re-opens following May floods with a mass of artists--including Brad Paisley, Josh Turner, Dierks Bentley, Martina McBride, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean and Little Jimmy Dickens--singing "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
September 26, 2012 1941 - David Frizzell born in El Dorado, Arkansas.
September 25, 2012 2005 - Jake Owen signs with RCA Records.
September 21, 2012 1967 - Faith Hill born in Jackson, Mississippi.
September 20, 2012 1988 - Crystal Gayle and Loretta Lynn play a concert together for the first time.
2011 - Vince Gill and Sting shoot an edition of "CMT Crossroads" at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Included in the set list: "Liza Jane," "Whenever You Come Around" and "Let It Be Me"
September 18, 2012 2008 - Alison Krauss & Robert Plant win two trophies--Duo/Group of the Year and Album of the Year, for "Raising Sand"--during the seventh annual Americana Honors & Awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
