Charlie Cran, one of four Strawberry Music Festival founders, dead at 79

The Strawberry Music Festival, formerly the Strawberry Bluegrass Festival, was founded by Cran and three friends in Tuolumne ...
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Born on This Day in 1923, the 1960s Country Hitmaker Who Got His Start Alongside Hank Williams, George Jones, Johnny Cash, and Lefty Frizzell

One hundred three years ago today, a hitmaking country star whose career began alongside some of the genre's biggest names ...

Super Bowl 60 prep: Best Bay Area bands from the 1960s and '70s

The Bay Area is hosting its third Super Bowl this year. The San Francisco area has been cranking out vital rock and roll since the mid-1960s.
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Born on This Day in 1940, the Legendary Songwriter and Comedian Who Penned Songs for Buck Owens, The Beatles, and George Strait

Russell relocated from Mississippi to California with his family when he was 12 years old. He was a longtime fan of honky tonkers like Ernest Tubb and Lefty Frizzell. Soon, he was writing songs, ...
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Daughn Gibson: Story Songs Born Of An Odd-Job Life

Gibson is a spiritual heir of Johnny Cash: a deep-voiced country singer whose songs are filled with characters of questionable morality — or... Daughn Gibson: Story Songs Born Of An Odd-Job Life ...
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'60s Rock and Roll Legend Still 'Sounds the Same' Singing Iconic Track Over 55 Years Later

John Fogerty keeps on burnin'! The Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman proved once again this week that he can still rock out to his massive hits from the '60s and '70s while sounding just as ...