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Dwight Yoakam The Last in Line This Day in Country Music – May 26th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Sun, 26 May 2013 15:03:51 +0000

2009 – Dwight Yoakam performs on “The Tonight Show”…becoming the final country artist to appear on the NBC program during Jay Leno’s first tenure as host. 2007 – Billy Currington takes “Good Directions” to #1 in Billboard. 2005 – Faith Hill’s “Mississippi Girl” video debuts on CMT. 2004 – Toby Keith wins [...]

Family Scandal Gets Jerry Lee Booted From Britain This Day in Country Music – May 22nd (Video)

Sean Ericson — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:08:58 +0000

1958 – Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London, where he admits he’s married his teenage cousin, Myra. He’s booed offstage and forced to cancel 34 of his 37 scheduled concerts. 2012 – Pistol Annies’ Angaleena Presley marries tour manager Jordan Powell in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. 2011 – Reba McEntire, Jean Shepard and songwriter [...]

Hail, Hail, The King is Born This Day in Country Music – May 18th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:08:57 +0000

1952 – George Strait is born in Poteet, Texas. The authentic cowboy becomes a voice for traditional country beginning in 1981, accruing more than 25 gold albums and membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame. 2008 – Sugarland’s “Stay” is a double-winner, claiming Single Record and Song of the Year during the 43rd [...]

Holiday Hits The Heart This Day in Country Music – December 14th (video)

Sean Ericson — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:12:59 +0000

1997 – LeAnn Rimes makes her acting debut in the ABC-TV movie “Holiday In Your Heart.” Bernadette Peters plays fictitious Grand Ole Opry star Faith Shawn. 2006 – Brooks & Dunn’s “Hillbilly Deluxe” video debuts on CMT. 2005 – Dierks Bentley marries his high school sweetheart, Cassidy Black, in Mexico. 2005 – Lyle [...]

Who Wins The Battle of New Orleans? This Day in Country Music – November 29th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:29:11 +0000

1959 – “The Battle Of New Orleans” wins Song of the Year for composer Jimmy Driftwood and Best Country & Western Performance for Johnny Horton at the second annual Grammy Awards. 2011 – The Band Perry picks up its first platinum album for its self-titled debut. 2010 – Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles hosts the ABC [...]

It's Big Bad John Day August 10th This Day in Country Music (Video)

Sean Ericson — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:00:56 +0000

1928 – Jimmy Dean born in Olton, Texas. A network TV host and sausage-company owner, he sells a million copies of the 1961 single “Big Bad John.” He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010. See if you can identify all the famous faces in the crowd from this video. 2009 – “It’s [...]

Who The H*!! is Dierks Bentley? This Day in Country Music – August 2nd [VIDEO]

Sean Ericson — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:51:46 +0000

2008 – Dierks Bentley plays the Lollapalooza rock festival at Grant Park in Chicago, where fans wear T-shirts asking “Who the hell is Dierks Bentley?” He bookends his set with covers: “Lonesome On’ry And Mean” and “Folsom Prison Blues”. Check out this “Man on the street” interview about Dierks at Lollapalooza. (CAUTION – some strong [...]

A Common Thread Runs Through Country This Day in Country Music – June 27th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:00:44 +0000

2011 – Jake Owen’s “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” video debuts on CMT. 2005 – Ralph Stanley undergoes a triple bypass operation in Virginia. 2001 – Jamie O’Neal has surgery in Nashville for a ruptured disc in her back, an injury aggravated during Fan Fair a week earlier. 2001 – Tracy Lawrence and [...]

The Music Goes "Crash" This Day In Country Music – June 16th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:00:07 +0000

You can’t say the words “Rub It In” without the song starting up in your head. The Man that made that phrase famous was born this day in 1939. 2011 – Garth Brooks is installed in the Songwriters Hall of Fame during an event at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York with Leon Russell, [...]

Texas Singer, Songwriter Born This Day in Country Music – June 11th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:00:55 +0000

Texas is a hotbed for musical talent. Today we celebrate the birth of Bruce Robison. Click through to see one of his best songs. 2008 – Taylor Swift picks up a gold single for “Picture To Burn”. 2004 – “The Stepford Wives” opens in movie theaters, with Faith Hill in her acting debut. Others [...]

Baldemar Huerta Who? This Day In Country Music – June 4th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:26:42 +0000

Spanish or English speaking, you know you sang along. 2011 – The Brentwood, Tennessee, home of Trace and Rhonda Adkins is destroyed by fire. No one is hurt, though the singer’s career memorabilia is almost completely wiped out. 2006 – Loretta Lynn breaks her left shoulder during a fall at home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, [...]

No Birthday Boy Bigger! This Day In Country Music – May 18th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:10:23 +0000

On this day in 1952 in Poteet, Texas a baby boy was born that would help define Country music. 2008 – Sugarland’s “Stay” is a double-winner, claiming Single Record and Song of the Year during the 43rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on CBS from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. 2005 [...]

One Of The Top 2-Step Songs Hits #1 This Day In Country Music – May 9th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:17 +0000

Buckle polishing, belly rubbin’, boot scootin’, 2-steppin’… Whatever you call it, I know from experience that when you play “Neon Moon” by Brooks & Dunn it will fill the dance floor. This day In 1992 it hit #1 and has been a club hit ever since. 2011 – Thompson Square earns a platinum single for [...]

Nashville Names A Better Man This Day In Country Music – April 25th (Video)

Sean Ericson — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:15 +0000

2011 – USA Weekend reveals the CMT Music Awards Breakthrough Video of the Year nominees: Lee Brice’s “Love Like Crazy”; Aaron Lewis’ “Country Boy”; Jerrod Niemann’s “Lover, Lover”; The Band Perry’s “If I Die Young”; and Thompson Square’s “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not”. 2009 – Diamond Rio’s Jimmy Olander runs 13.1 miles [...]

Neal McCoy Is A-Ok In Afghanistan This Day In Country Music – December 30th

Sean Ericson — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:03:40 +0000

2010 – Trace Adkins sings the national anthem and Ashton Shepherd performs “God Bless America” at the Music City Bowl at Nashville’s LP Field. The North Carolina Tar Heels beat the Tennessee Volunteers, 30-27, in double overtime. 2004 – Boston Red Sox outfielder Johnny Damon marries Michelle Mangan at the Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes [...]

Dierks Gets Hitched This Day In Country Music – December 14th

Sean Ericson — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:14:33 +0000

2006 – Brooks & Dunn’s “Hillbilly Deluxe” video debuts on CMT. 2005 – Dierks Bentley marries his high school sweetheart, Cassidy Black, in Mexico. 2005 – Lyle Lovett and Bonnie Raitt tape an episode of “CMT Crossroads” in Nashville. 2002 – Toby Keith makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. 2001 – [...]

A Last Hurrah For Brooks & Dunn And A Second Chance For Jimmy Dean This Day In Country Music – September 2nd

Sean Ericson — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:52:57 +0000

2010 – Brooks & Dunn play their final concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena with proceeds earmarked for the Country Music Hall of Fame. Reba McEntire guests on “Cowgirls Don’t Cry.” Their last song: “Brand New Man”. 2009 – Jason Aldean nabs a gold single for “Big Green Tractor”. 2003 – Jimmy Dean receives [...]

The Beginning Of The End For Brooks & Dunn This Day In Country Music – August 10th

Sean Ericson — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:54:12 +0000

2009 – “It’s time to call it a day”: Brooks & Dunn announce in a five-sentence note to their fans that they’re ending their run as a duo after one last tour. 2009 – Capitol releases Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now” to radio. 2006 – Kenny Chesney’s nine-minute “You Save Me” video debuts [...]

The Great Hank (No Not That One) And Aaron Gets Hitched This Day In Country Music – July 15th

Sean Ericson — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:31:14 +0000

2010 – Songwriter Hank Cochran dies of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Among his compositions: “I Fall To Pieces,” “Make The World Go Away” and “Set ‘Em Up Joe”. 2005 – The movie “Wedding Crashers,” starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, debuts in theaters. The cast features Dwight Yoakam, derided by an [...]

The 5 Best Brooks & Dunn Covers on YouTube [VIDEO]

Chris Kissel — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:03:03 +0000

Country singer Ronnie Dunn – one half of superduo Brooks & Dunn – talked with Taste of Country a bit last week about musicians that influenced him. Among Dunn’s more interesting recent influences: “I love Harrison’s slide guitar on ‘Something,’” the singer told Taste of Country.

Dunn has of course been impactful in his own wide-ranging way, and the wild diversity of Brooks & Dunn covers on YouTube are a pretty-great sample of his influence. Among the YouTube treasures we unearthed: a rocker girl singing a heartfelt cover of B&D’s ‘If You See Her, If You See Him’; a ukelele-toting troubadour singing his dog to sleep with ‘Neon Moon’; and a near-perfect bedroom rendition of ‘My Maria.’ Check ‘em out and more below, and don’t forget to sign up to see and meet Ronnie Dunn in Yakima, WA on June 21!