Country For Old Men (And Women)

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Allow me to post my ‘hit’ in the 2018 Cup.

 

Red dirt music figure Brandon Jenkins of Tulsa has died. The news was posted to his official Facebook page Friday evening. He was 48.

Jenkins was admitted to a Nashville hospital on Feb. 21 for a heart procedure, but there were complications, and he remained hospitalized.

 

(For the record the ‘red dirt’ style of country is a throwback to what real country should sound like.  The country genre I can’t stand, but this sub genre I enjoy immensely, and sadly I never saw Jenkins perform.  RIP)  

 

The video below is a song Jenkins wrote and posted Feb 18.  It would be his last.  He went in hospital a couple days later.  He also just released his new album (his 18th!).  Like I did with Joey Feek, I’ll probably buy it out of respect and posterity.

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

Hazel Smith, a beloved Music Row fixture for half a century, died Sunday night after a period of declining health and battle with dementia. She was 83 years old and a longtime resident of Madison.  She is credited with coining the term 'outlaw music'.

In the early 1970s, while working as a publicist at the Glaser Brothers' "Hillbilly Central" office/studio on 19th Avenue S., she began using the term "outlaw music" to describe the songs of country renegades like Tompall Glaser, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.  "Now, it doesn’t say this in mine or any other dictionary I’ve seen, but it said that outlaw meant virtually living on the outside of the written law," Smith told The Nashville Scene in 1997. "It just made sense to me, because Owen Bradley and Chet Atkins were doing marvelous music, but this was another step in another direction."

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[YoungWillz 21,037]

No further appearances for Kenny Rogers due to "health challenges"....http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37878495/kenny-rogers-cancels-tour-due-to-health-challenges

[Sir Creep 7,070]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

No further appearances for Kenny Rogers due to "health challenges"....http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37878495/kenny-rogers-cancels-tour-due-to-health-challenges

He gonna take time off to find out what condition his condition is in.
Kenny Rogers is certainly deserving of his own thread at this point, should someone have interest.
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[Gooseberry Crumble 5,341]

2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

No further appearances for Kenny Rogers due to "health challenges"....http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37878495/kenny-rogers-cancels-tour-due-to-health-challenges

One of my shadowlist . Thanks for the link,reported concerns and rumours about his health last year prompted my inclusion of him .

[Joey Russ 7,220]

With him, Loretta Lynn, and Willie Nelson having some reports of being very ill, are we having a country legend clear out very soon? 

EDIT: Surely one of them will make the list if any of them make 2019...

[YoungWillz 21,037]

Ernie Thacker reportedly dead: https://bluegrasstoday.com/ernie-thacker-passes/

 

(If anyone may be interested...)

[Sir Creep 7,070]

7 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Ernie Thacker reportedly dead: https://bluegrasstoday.com/ernie-thacker-passes/

 

(If anyone may be interested...)

Never heard of him.  

[maryportfuncity 10,646]

Been reading good reviews for 85 year old Willie Nelson's new album. Thought I'd - like - share this positive discovery with the group.

 

 

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Big Tom dead at 81.

[Toast 16,137]

10 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

Big Tom dead at 81.

That obit would count for the DDP as it's filed under 'Europe', but a BBC obit for an equivalent Northern Irish personality wouldn't.

That makes no sense to me.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Irish country music.
I'm gonna have to think on that for a while.

[Joey Russ 7,220]

On 3/28/2012 at 19:17, time said:

The banjo legend Earl Scruggs has picked his last chord.

His son Randy has followed suit.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

On 4/15/2018 at 11:11, maryportfuncity said:

Been reading good reviews for 85  84 year old Willie Nelson's new album. Thought I'd - like - share this positive discovery with the group.

 

 

He will (should I say may) reach that lofty milestone in 4 days; i.e. April 29.

[Phantom 2,533]

Larry Collins has cancelled his appearance at this year's Nashville Boogie festival. Reasons unknown as this moment in time.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

On 9/26/2017 at 01:26, ObakeFilter said:

Rodney Crowell cancels tour due to "unspecified health issues", and states "dealing with the root cause of my health issues requires complete rest". He was also taken to emergancy room late October 2016 after experiencing what had been described as "cardiac symptoms" prior to his scheduled performance.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/national-news/ap-top-news/rodney-crowell-cancels-tour-due-to-unspecified-health-issues/612044294

He’s back touring again.  Apparently he had to step away to battle dysautonomia, a disease which attacks the central nervous system, said he's worked hard to regain his health.

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[Phantom 2,533]

Royce Porter has passed away at the age of 79. Just last Thursday he was performing at the Nashville Boogie with the Planet Rockers. 

 

 

[Joey Russ 7,220]

Country singer Anita Cochran has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Internationally renown bluegrass singer-songwriter Pete Goble has died at age 86.

 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/death-of-john-pete-goble-internationally-recognized-bluegrass-songwriter-and-singer-300687642.html

 

[Phantom 2,533]

On Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 13:10, Phantom said:

Larry Collins has cancelled his appearance at this year's Nashville Boogie festival. Reasons unknown as this moment in time.

 

Larry's older sister, Lorrie, and the other half of The Collins Kids has died at the age of 76

 

[YoungWillz 21,037]

Going to put this here.

 

Bill "Blue" Miller has reportedly died of a brain aneurysm. https://www.soultracks.com/story-blue-miller-dies

 

Detroit session guitarist, who was part of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, he then went all Nashville with the Gibson/Miller Band.

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

11 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Going to put this here.

 

Bill "Blue" Miller has reportedly died of a brain aneurysm. https://www.soultracks.com/story-blue-miller-dies

 

Detroit session guitarist, who was part of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, he then went all Nashville with the Gibson/Miller Band.

 

 

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Longtime Nashville music executive Roy Wunsch, who helped further the careers of a number of acclaimed country music stars, has died after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease.  Wunsch, 75, led a 30-year career in the music industry, working with and promoting the careers of country artists like Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Earl Scruggs and others.

 

"Wunsch" is also onomatopoeia for the sound his casket will make when dropped into a damp 6-foot  hole. 

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[Ulitzer95 12,586]

Country musician Freddie Hart has reportedly died at 91. Awaiting confirmation.

[drol 11,944]

13 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Country musician Freddie Hart has reportedly died at 91. Awaiting confirmation.

We are awaiting four confirmations:

*Sonny Fortune

*Elder Roma Wilson

*Freddie Hart

*Todd Youth