A Texas Legend is Born This Day in Country Music – August 16th (Video)
1939 - Singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver born in Corsicana, Texas.
The Charlie Daniels Band
George Picks Up A Dusty #1 This Day in Country Music – December 5th (Video)
1992 - George Strait tops the Billboard chart as "Dusty".
His Fiddle Really Was Gold This Day in Country Music – August 21st (Video)
1979 - "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" brings The Charlie Daniels Band the only gold single of its career.
The Birth of The Blues This Day in Country Music – August 16th (Video)
1969 - Merle Haggard's blue-collar anthem "Workin' Man Blues" goes to #1 on the Billboard country chart.
Alabama Fires Up An Old Flame This Day In Country Music – April 18th (Video)
2010 - Lady Antebellum wins in three categories--Top Vocal Group and Single Record and Song of the Year, for "Need You Now"--during the 45th Academy of Country Music Awards from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
2006 - The Charlie Daniels Band performs at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, the final stop on a Stars For Stripes tour in which the band played for U.S. s...