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Garth Brooks heads for Country Hall of Fame, looks ahead
Click to see a gallery of Garth Brooks over the years (this photo: Dipti Vaidya/The Tennessean) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Garth Brooks will spend Sunday looking back when he's inducted into the Country...
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Garth Brooks, Connie Smith, Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins inducted into Country Music...
Garth Brooks takes his hat off to thank his family and friends after being inducted into The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville on Sunday night. (photo: Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean) Garth Brooks’...
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Seeing Stars photo gallery, Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2013
Click on the photo above for our weekly Seeing Stars gallery, including this photo of Lady Antebellum performing with Stevie Nicks for a CMT taping of "Crossroads" at Sony Studios Jan. 29, 2013 in...
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Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan, George Strait to perform at ACM Awards
Kelly Clarkson won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album. (photo: AP/ File) Already busy co-hosts Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan also will perform during this year's Academy of Country Music Awards. The...
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Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean and more added to ACM Awards
Jason Aldean (photo:Samuel M. Simpkins/The Tennessean) Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum and Little Big Town have been added to the...
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Garth Brooks, George Strait to pay tribute to Dick Clark at ACM Awards
Click to see a gallery of Garth Brooks over the years (this photo: Dipti Vaidya/The Tennessean) Country superstars Garth Brooks and George Strait will perform together for the first time ever to pay...
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Johnny Russell honored on Mississippi Country Music Trail
Johnny Russell sings for the crowd at the Grand Ole Opry in June 2000. (Larry McCormack / File / The Tennessean) MOORHEAD, Miss. (AP) - Grand Ole Opry star Johnny Russell, whose song "Act Naturally"...
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Jewel, Sheryl Crow, John Fogerty, TV stars added to ACM Awards lineup; Blake...
Jewel (photo: Chris Pizzello / AP) With the ACM Awards three days away, the star-packed ceremony keeps gaining momentum as more celebrities are announced for appearances on the show. Jewel will partner...
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Garth Brooks excited to join George Strait on ACMs
Garth Brooks (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) Garth Brooks says he's never seen anything like the reaction he's gotten since it was announced he will share the stage with George Strait for the first time on...
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Luke Bryan takes top honor at ACM Awards
Click for a gallery of images from the 2013 ACM Awards (photo: Larry McCormack/The Tennessean) LAS VEGAS — Country music has a new ACM king. Luke Bryan pulled off the night’s biggest surprise at the...
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George Strait releases 40th album on May 14
(Photo: Vanessa Gavalya) After more than three decades in country music, George Strait has one date left in his final tour “The Cowboy Rides Away Tour”: June 1 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas....
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Peter Cooper on Music: Veteran sideman Richard Bennett savors support role
Richard Bennett has been a guitarist for former Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler since 1996, and has played with countless other musicians, including Steve Earle and Neil Diamond. (Photo: Courtesy...
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George Strait earns his 60th No. 1 song
George Strait (photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean) George Strait celebrated his 61st birthday over the weekend and, thanks to a months-long campaign headed up by his fans and longtime record label...
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Private funeral Thursday for George Strait’s dad
George Strait performs at the 43rd Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) BIG WELLS, Texas (AP) - A private funeral is planned for the father...
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Story Behind the Song: ‘Check Yes or No’ by Danny Wells and Dana Hunt Black
Danny Wells (photo: Steven S. Harman/The Tennessean) Danny Wells came to Nashville in 1980 to attend Belmont University, majoring in guitar. Fifteen years later, he says, he became an “overnight...
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Jim Foglesong, groundbreaking music executive, dies at 90
Jim Foglesong (photo: John Partipilo/The Tennessean) July 26, 1922 - July 9, 2013 Country Music Hall of Famer Jim Foglesong, a producer, label executive and teacher who helped advance the careers of...
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Story Behind the Song: ‘Troubadour’ by Leslie Satcher and Monty Holmes
Leslie Satcher (photo: Steven S. Harman) Count Leslie Satcher among the many who hope that George Strait’s ongoing “Cowboy Rides Away” farewell tour isn’t really his last. But if the country giant...
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George Strait gets ‘Billboard’ Legend of Live award
George Strait (photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean) George Strait, who plans to retire from touring in 2014 after a career of nearly 40 years, is the recipient of this year's Billboard Legend of...
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George Strait honored by friends, peers at private Nashville celebration
George Strait (photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean) George Strait is kind of a big deal. Scratch the “kind of.” Signed to a major label by the late and great Jim Foglesong, Strait was at the...
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George Strait plays Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena in March
George Strait (Photo: Vanessa Gavalya) George Strait's long farewell will make its way to Nashville on March 21, when the country star's "Cowboy Rides Away" tour stops at Bridgestone Arena. Information...
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