February 28, 2013, 11:29 am By Eileen Sisk © 2013 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. The Grand Ole Opry suffered the biggest loss of talent in its 87-year history when a small plane carrying Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins, along with Cline’s manager Randy Hughes, crashed on the evening of March 5, 1963, [...] Read More
February 7, 2013, 11:45 am The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will honor the lives of Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Randy Hughes and Jack Anglin with a special panel discussion, Forever with Us: The 50th Anniversary of a Country Music Tragedy on Saturday, March 2. Hosted by Eddie Stubbs, the panel will feature Charlie Dick, Kathy [...] Read More
August 11, 2011, 12:27 pm Grand Ole Opry member Billy Grammer passed away yesterday from natural causes at his home in Illinois. He was 85 years old and had been a member of the Opry since 1959. He was recognized as one of country music’s greatest guitar players. Born one of 13 children to a coal mining family in Illinois, [...] Read More
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