Garth Brooks was featured on the cover of magazine billing him inside as a “jumping-jack-flash performer who can bring 40-year-olds to tears with existential hymns about accepting life’s compromises.” Source: This Day in Country
Month: March 2018
On this day March 30, 1998
Clint Black was at #1 on the Country singles chart with “Nothin’ but The Taillights” the third single and title track from his album of the same name. This single became Black’s eleventh #1 single, twenty-sixth Top Ten single, and…
On this day March 20, 1971
Janis Joplin started a two week run at #1 on the US singles chart with her version of the Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster song Me And Bobby McGee. Joplin, who was a lover and a friend of Kristofferson’s from…
On this day March 14, 1972
California governor Ronald Reagan granted Country singer Merle Haggard a full pardon for all his past crimes. Haggard was arrested for attempting to rob a Bakersfield tavern in 1957 and was sent to the San Quentin state prison for three…
On this day March 14, 2003
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines issued an apology after she made a comment about United States President George W. Bush regarding the current situation in Iraq: “As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful.…
On this day March 14, 2013
American country musician Jack Greene died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 83 in Nashville, Tennessee. Nicknamed the “Jolly Greene Giant” due to his height and deep voice, Greene was a long time member of the Grand…
On this day March 12, 1969
Country music winners at the 11th Annual Awards included; Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Jeannie C. Riley for “Harper Valley P.T.A.”, Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Johnny Cash for “Folsom Prison Blues”, Best Country Performance, Duo or Group –…
On this day March 12, 1975
The divorce of George Jones and Tammy Wynette is finalised. Wynette took custody of their only child, Tamala and kept their home on Franklin Road in Nashville. Three of their duets (Were Gonna Hold On, Golden Ring and Near You)…
On this day March 10, 2003
During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was “ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas” (referring to Maines’ hometown of Lubbock and President Bush hailing from the same…
On this day March 09, 2011
opened at theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, The $5.5 million giant swing features two pendulum arms with seating for 32 riders. Seated back to back, riders travel progressively higher on each swing of the Barnstormers massive arms, reaching a…