American Songwriter

On This Day in 1979, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Trailblazing Fiddler Who Played With Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, and George Jones

Forty-six years ago today, one of Nashville's most prolific fiddle players and a member of the original A-Team died.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1954, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Man Who Made Hank Williams Famous and Penned One of Willie Nelson’s Biggest Hits

Seventy-one years ago today, one of the most consequential songwriters in country music history died in Nashville.