** HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY SMOKEY! **

Read all about Smokey Bear by clicking on his image!

Learn what you can do to prevent forest fires, and take the "Get Your Smokey On" Wildfire Pledge, here!

<<< R.I.P. AMY FARRIS >>>

AMY FARRIS

With Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women

Green River Festival, Greenfield, MA

7-18-09

(click on image for L.A. Time Obit)

Music City Roots - LIVE from the Loveless Cafe - Nashville, TN!

Debut show to air Wednesday October 14th!

Tune in to WSM-650AM or WSMonline.com to hear what's shakin in Music City!

This weekly show will be hosted by JIM LAUDERDALE and include WSM's EDDIE STUBBS as emcee.

Slated for the first show are EMMYLOU HARRIS, Kennedy-Rose and more, from 7pm-9pm. (CST)

Read all the deatils here.

Now THAT'S Americana!

AMA Awards host, Jim Lauderdale (Spooner Oldham on keyboards), offering his newly written Americana theme song (and dance routine) to the Ryman Auditorium crowd September 17, 2009.

As always, he was hilarious!

** Happy Birthday Kitty Wells 8/30/18 **

The Queen of Country Music turns 91 years young on August 30th!

Here she is singing her signature (answer) song, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"

Take it away Kitty...(click on image)

This week! From Elvis In Memphis Special

Tune in this SUNDAY August 16th, after the SMC Spiritual Set, for a very special ONE HOUR of conversations, interviews, insight and one-of-a-kind quotes from the folks who worked with Elvis Presley on 1969's legendary "From Elvis In Memphis" album.

Hosted by Ben Fong-Torres, it's got plenty that you've never heard before from producer Chips Moman and the musicians from these historic recordings - Reggie Young, Bobby Wood, Bobby Emmons, Donna Jean Godchaux, and Gene Chrisman!

Be sure to check out the story on Chips in the Commercial Appeal this week!

>>>> PREACHER JACK <<<<<

Performing for the faithful.

At The Lizard Lounge July 30, 2009.

One of the best sets I've witnessed in a long time!