IN MEMORY OF SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING LEGENDS THAT WE HAVE LOST

Hank Williams
Faron Young
Ira Louvin
Webb Pierce
Alton Delmore
Rabon Delmore
Roy Rogers
Jim Reeves
Gene Autry
Bill Monroe
George Morgan
Grandpa Jones
Lester Flatt
Jimmie Rodgers
Justin Tubb
Stringbean
Tex Ritter
Joe Maphis
Carter Stanley
Stoney Cooper
Don Reno
Roy Acuff
Red Smiley
Ernest Tubb
Jerry Clower
Hank Snow
Rod Brasfield
Minnie Pearl
Archie Campbell

The Bailes Bros.

Walter Bailes
Johnnie Bailes
Kyle Bailes

Royce Kendall
Roger Miller
Jack Anglin
Charlie Rich
Red Sovine
Lulu Belle Wiseman
Scotty Wiseman
Patsy Cline
Lefty Frizzell
Cowboy Copas
Carl Butler
Pearl Butler
Hawkshaw Hawkins
David Houston
Tammy Wynette
Red Foley

The Carter Family

A.P. Carter
Sara Carter
Mother Maybelle
Anita Carter
Helen Carter
June Carter Cash

Bob Wills
Conway Twitty

Johnny Horton
Johnny Bond
Uncle Dave Macon
Boxcar Willie
Betty Jack Davis
Deford Bailey
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Cliffie Stone
Keith Whitley
Owen Bradley
Neal Matthews
Tommy Collins
Spade Cooley
Sam McGee
Kirk McGee
Cousin Jody
Rex Allen
Bradley Kincaid
Zeke Clements
Curly Fox
Texas Ruby
Lew Childre
Wally Fowler
Del Wood
Duke of Paducah
Eddie Hill
Skeets McDonald
Patsy Montana
Bob Luman
Jimmie Driftwood
Tommy Duncan
Jimmy Day
Wilf Carter(Montana Slim)
Elton Britt
Shot Jackson
Frank Stamps
Nat Stucky
Rose Maddox
Marty Robbins
Pete Drake
Leon McAullife
Guy Willis
Vic Willis
Skeeter Willis
T. Texas Tyler
Doyle Wilburn
Fred Rose
Steve Goodman
Carson Robinson
Veron Dalhart
Charlie Poole
Marion Worth
J.D. Sumner
Eddie Dean
Jerry Rivers
Ralph Sloan
Charlie Monroe
Dick Curless
Kenneth "Jethro" Burns
Henry "Homer" Haynes
Speck Rhodes
Hoyt Axton
Pee Wee King
Little Roy Wiggins
Ernest "Pop" Stoneman
Don Bowman
Carl Story
Jamup & Honey
"Yodeling" Slim Clark
Dale Evans
Burl Ives
Hank Penny
Moon Mullican
Rex Griffin
Woody Gurthrie
Herman Crook
Riley Puckett
Gid Tanner
Wynn Stewart
Walter Brennan
Carl Perkins
Junior Samples
George D. Hay
Merle Travis
Grant Turner
Dottie West
Pete Cassell
Miss Elsie Williams
O.B. McClinton
Ralph Peer
T. Tommy Cutrer
Cliff Carlisle
John "Lonzo" Sullivan
Ted Daffan
Art Satherly
Tommy Jackson
Chubby Wise
Dale Potter
Benny Martin
Jimmy Wakely
John Stoneman
Bob Douglas
Red Allen
Lonnie Glosson
Randall Hylton
Floyd Cramer
Eddie Rabbit
Frazier Moss
Randy Hughes
Ray "Kemo" Head
"Pappy" Neal McCormick
Chet Atkins
Johnny Russell
Roy Nichols
Walter Settles
Glen Payne
Brock Speer
James Hill
Cas Walker
"Old" Joe Clark
Wesley Rose
Hal Southern
Don Law
Steve Sholes
Ingrid Fowler
Harold "Curly" Chalker
Jack McFadden
Grover "Big Jeff" Bess
Dick Heard
Wade Ray
Calvin Crawford
David Reece
Joel Price
Shel Silverstein
Randy Howard
Chester Studdard
Doung LaValley
Tex Williams
Jimmie Skinner
Wayne Rayne
"Son" Dorris Macon
Molly O'Day
Lynn Davis
Don Rich
J.E. Manier
John Denver
Elvis Presley
Paul Howard
Hoyt Hawkins
Murray Nash
Bob Ferguson
Zeke Manners
Billy Byrd
Eddie Stoneman
Lewis Crook
Rusty Kershaw
Jimmie Davis

Deceased Memebers of the Chuck Wagon Gang

Dad Carter
Howard Gordon
Rose Carter Karnes
Roy Carter
Jim Carter
Anna Carter Davis

Earl Bolick
Sgt. Barry Sadler
Gene Wooten
Grady Martin
Homer "Pappy" Sherrill
Hubert Long
Connie B. Gay
Buddy Starcher
Marvin Hughes
Carl Belew
Bobby Helms
Ray Whitley
Snuffy Jenkins
Ezar Cline
Johnny Marks
George Wilkerson
Zeke Campbell
H.W. "Pappy" Daily
Emmett Sullivan
Bill Callahan
Carl Tipton
Jimmy Riddle
"Fiddlin" John Carson
"Fiddlin'" Arthur Smith
John Lair
Texas Jim Robertson
Cousin Emmy
Shug Fisher
Aaron Shelton
Bob Nolan
Johnnie Lee Willis
Leslie Lloyd George
Joe Medford
Milton Brown
Gene Sullivan
Gene Vincent
Merle Watson
John Duffey
Scotty Stoneman
Roy Newman
Jenny Lou Carson
Tiny Moore
Annie Lou Dill
Hubert Georgory
Laure Lee McBride
Tommy Jarrell
Al Dexter
Boudleaux Bryant
Smiley Burnette
Dorsey Burnette
Theron E. Hale
Stuart Hamblen
Howdy Forrester
Rex Gosdin
Van Stoneman
Alcyone Beasley
Paul E. Warmack
Bill Lyles
R.W. Blackwood
Jean Chapel
Jimmie Short
Lazy Jim Day
Roy Huskey
Lester Wilburn
Onie Wheeler
Kenny Price
Hovie Lister
Kitty Wilson
Smiley Wilson
Gene Davis
Melvin Vernon "Pee Wee" Besher
Johnny Rynn
Skeets Yaney
Don Earl
John Hartford
Townes Van Zandt
Salty Holmes
James Blackwood
Waylon Jennings
Harlan Howard
Tommy Hill
Mel Street
Joe Allison
Don Winters
Horace Logan
Bashful Brother Oswald
Jim McReyonlds
Hylo Brown
Buzz Busby
Johnny Paycheck
Big Jim Webb
Bill Carlisle
Felice Bryant
Joe Zinkan
Sam Phillips
Redd Stewart
Mack Magaha
Floyd Tillman
Wilma Burgess
Johnny Cash
Sheb Wooley a.k.a. Ben Colder
Roy Horton
Rosalie Allen
Wesley Tuttle
Speedy West
Don Gibson
Teddy Wilburn
Gary Stewart
Dave Dudley

The Happy Goodmans

Sam Goodman
Rusty Goodman
Howard Goodman
Vestal Goodman

Jake Hess
Charlie Moore
Lee Moore
Max D. Barnes
Lorene Allen
Roy "Pop" Lewis
Patsy Barnes
Charlie Bailey
Danny Bailey
Lum York
Charlie Waller
L.E. White
Skeeter Davis
Roy Drusky
Tommy Vaden
Ray Charles
Johnny Winters
Martha Carson
Hank Garland
Leslie Wilburn
Jimmie Crawford
Merle Kilgore
Sonny Day
Sunny Spencer
Ken Bozeman
Ken Woods
Frank Jones
Sammi Smith
Dean McNett
Goldie Hill
Lightin Chance
Guy Mitchell
Jerry Byrd
Don Pierce
Jimmy Martin
Big Al Downing
Hal Rugg
Jeff Newman


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Our Legends

The last few years haven't been good for Country Music. We have lost some of the greatest legends ever. It's been bad here on earth, but our lost is Heaven's gain. Even though we won't see them here anymore, we will see them when our time is up on this world. In 1998 we lost Grandpa Jones, Tammy Wynette,Owen Bradley, Roy Rogers,Eddie Rabbit,Gene Autry, J.D Sumner,Cliffie Stone, Carl Perkins,Justin Tubb,Old Joe Clark,Rose Maddox,Royce Kendall,Helen Carter, Jimmy Driftwood,Hal Southern,Jerry Clower,and Cas Walker. In 1999 we lost we lost A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Glen Payne,Rex Allen, Marion Worth,Boxcar Willie, Jimmy Day, Eddie Dean, Anita Carter,Frazier Moss,"Little" Roy Wiggins,Hank Snow,Brock Speer, Hoyt Axton, and Walter Settles, and Hoyt Axton. 1998 and 1999 were two bad years for Country Music. In 2000 we lost Walter Bailes and James Hill. So far now in 2001 we have lost three of the greatest fiddlers Benny Martain,John Hartford, and Randall Hylton. We have lost the greatest guitar player ever "Mr. Guitar" Chet Atkins. We have also lost one of the nicest and funniest man in Country music Johnny Russell. He was a comedian, singer, and one of the greatest songwriters there was. Roy Nichols, the man to make the Merle Haggard sound has also passed away this year of 2001.Legendary Bluegrass Fiddler Pappy Sherrill passed away and 3 days later another great guitar player Grady Martin died. We have lost many of the great legends, but I'm glad they are in a much better place now. Hopefully we won't loose any more legends for a few years, because we have lost many in the last 3 years. If you have the chance to go see a Legend, GO AND SEE THEM!


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