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Feb 26: Johnny Cash Birthday

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I love to go to the studio and stay there 10 or 12 hours a day. I love it. What is it? I don’t know. It’s life.
~Johnny Cash

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
~Johnny Cash
Lyle Lovett Inducts Johnny Cash into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:

I Walk The Line – 1956:

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For The Love Of Music The Story Of Nashville documentary

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For The Love Of Music The Story Of Nashville documentary

A very different take on the Nashville history than My Nashville by Bob Harris the BBC documentary that we posted a few months ago, but equally interesting. Great interviews and some very fine historic clips.

From the official website:

For over 130 years, Nashville has evolved into the world’s premier Music City. From the 1800s when the Fisk Jubilee Singers travelled across continents spreading their music, to Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and so many others building the foundation of America’s most vibrant music scene. Today, the evolution continues as artists like The Black Keys, Eric Church and Kings of Leon break new ground in the city they all call home. We’ve created a one-hour documentary that tells this story in its entirety through the eyes of the musicians, songwriters, producers and artists who live and breathe the inspiration of this great city.

In the end, this is a film rooted in authenticity. A story filled with passion and truth. A film made simply for the love of music.

For The Love Of Music The Story Of Nashville:

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Jan 19: Dolly Parton was born in 1946 Happy Birthday

Dolly Parton “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
― DollyParton 

“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”
― Dolly Parton

 

“I tried every diet in the book. I tried some that weren’t in the book. I tried eating the book. It tasted better than most of the diets.”
― Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton was born January 19, 1946 Happy Birthday

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Jan 16: Ronnie Milsap Birthday

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Music is not just my passion, it’s my companion.
~Ronnie Milsap

See With Your Heart
~Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Milsap was one of the major figures of country music in the 1970s, developing a hybrid of country and pop that brought him a large audience.
~Sandra Brennan (allmusic.com)

Here’s a great video – Ray Charles & Ronnie Milsap – Don Gibson medley Oh Lonesome Me A Legend In My Time I Can’t Stop Loving:
(some hickups in the sound quality.. but still….)

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