News, Press Releases and Other Items of Interest
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to the news releases by Hillbilly-Music.com
as well as news of the older country music
stars, organizations, publishers, etc.
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feel free to send us your press releases, tour dates,
news of new music releases to include
here.
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| News Stories — 2009 |
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| December 3, 2009 |
Obituary: Mack Curtis, Country Musician For Elvis, Conway Twitty and George Jones Among Others |
| December 3, 2009 |
Obituary: Big Bill Lister, Country Entertainer and Former Member of Drifting Cowboys |
| November 10, 2009 |
Obituary: Riley Shepard |
| October 13, 2009 |
Bob Bone: Professional fiddler was devoted to his family |
| October 11, 2009 |
Kitty Wells' daughter Ruby Wright dies at age 69 |
| October 8, 2009 |
Shelby Singleton, famed producer, record executive and promoter, dies at 77 |
| September 4, 2009 |
Obituary: Tennessee Smith, Original Member of Sunshine Boys Quartet |
| August 14, 2009 |
Guitar, studio wizard Les Paul dies at 94 |
| August 11, 2009 |
Obituaries: Margaret Johnson (Peggy Neville), Canadian Country Singer |
| August 11, 2009 |
Early bluegrass musician and radio DJ Bill Reid dies |
| July 13, 2009 |
Paul Hemphill, Author and Journalist |
| May 10, 2009 |
Herman G. (Jiggs) Lemley, Former Steel Guitar Player for Hawkshaw Hawkins |
| April 30, 2009 |
Country music stars remember Vern Gosdin's golden voice |
| April 1, 2009 |
Funeral services pending for singing cowboy, Monte Hale |
| March 31, 2009 |
Hal Durham, manager and announcer who revitalized 'Opry,' dies |
| March 29, 2009 |
Jean Perron, Former WWVA Jamboree Performer, Passes Away at 70 |
| March 28, 2009 |
Jimmy Stephens, New England Country Gentleman and Star of WWVA Jamboree, Died in 2006 |
| March 27, 2009 |
Country discovery is reel find |
| March 26, 2009 |
Obituary: Carolyn DeZurik Gill |
| March 26, 2009 |
Obituary (2008): Rusty Gill |
| March 10, 2009 |
Jimmy Boyd, Actor and Child Singer, Dies at 70 |
| March 9, 2009 |
Grand Ole Opry great Hank Locklin dies at 91 |
| March 3, 2009 |
Miss Avian, Country Music Entertainer, Wife of Uncle George Featherstone for 60 Years Passed Away at 79 |
| March 2, 2009 |
Grand Ole Opry star Ernie Ashworth dies at age of 80 |
| February 22, 2009 |
Buck Griffin Has Died |
| February 20, 2009 |
Alma (Jerry) Whitman, Wife of Country Singer Slim Whitman; Married 67 Years |
| February 19, 2009 |
Odey Crabtree, Radio and Television Country Star From West Virginia Dies at 72 |
| February 10, 2009 |
Russ Garner To Be Honored At Crawford Eagle Club |
| February 10, 2009 |
Molly Bee dies at 69; country singer |
| February 6, 2009 |
Tony Booth Birthday Bash at the Thirsty Parrot in Monaville, TX |
| February 5, 2009 |
Steel guitarist and Branson fixture Tom Brumley dies at 73 |
| January 24, 2009 |
Ray Layman, 86, WIBW Entertainer in 1940s and 1950s; Part of Ray and Elda Duet Act |
| January 23, 2009 |
Country music pioneer Clyde Joy dies at 92 |
| January 3, 2009 |
Country music star Reg Lindsay dies |
| January 1, 2009 |
Steel guitarist, writer, producer Walter Haynes dies at 80 |
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