Mamas Don`t Let Your Babies Grow up to be Cowboys

How many of you have heard this song before? It was a very popular song to cover in the 70s. It was written by Ed and Patsy Bruce in 1976 and was recorded by Ed that same year. Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson(The version here)covered the song on their 1978 duet album Waylon & Willie. This rendition peaked at No. 1 in March 1978, spending four weeks atop the country music charts. It also reached #42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and won the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. (Source)





Jennings passes away in February of 2003. Willie Nelson is still recording. You might recognize him from his duo with Toby Keith "Beer For My Horses".

Taylor Swift

So I know I have had a lot of questions lately. I hear mixed reviews of T. Swift all the time. So leave a comment good or bad about what you think of Taylor.



More info on Taylor can be found here.

One Hit Wonder

I ran across this video on YouTube and it caught my attention so I did a little research. I found out this girls name is Erika Jo. She is an American country music recording artist who was declared winner of the 2005 season of the Nashville Star television program. She is both the youngest person to win the competition and the first female winner. She signed to Universal South Records in 2005. She released her self-titled debut album, which produced a chart single in "I Break Things", a #53 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Her only professional album, Erika Jo, was released by Universal South on June 14, 2005 and debuted at #5 on Billboard's country album chart, but the album, like its first single, enjoyed very limited success after its initial launch, selling just 118,829 copies through its first 11 months in release. She was later dropped from Universal South. More information on Erika Jo here



From the information above she seems to be a one hit wonder. What do you think?

Payton Rae

I want your thoughts on a new teen artist I ran across yesterday. She is 16 years old and she is taking Nashville by storm with her debut project, the five‐song DARE TO LIVE according to her Facebook Payton Rae Music.



Is she just another YouTube sensation? I want to know what you think.

El Paso City and Gene Autry

As a follow up from last weeks Western Wednesday "El Paso". "El Paso City" was a third rewrite of "El Paso". "El Paso City" was recorded in 1976 and was a country number one for Marty Robbins.




"Back In The Saddle Again" by Gene Autry. He was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. He is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories (Film, Television, Music, Radio, and Live Performance) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.





More on Gene Autry

Although his signature song was "Back in the Saddle Again," Autry is best known today for his Christmas holiday songs, "Here Comes Santa Claus" (which he wrote), "Frosty the Snowman," and his biggest hit, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

He is a member of both the Country Music and Nashville Songwriters halls of fame
Autry was also owner of the Los Angeles/California Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997, a television station and several radio stations in Southern California.

Edens Edge

This is a great band. Seriously so great. This is their first single and it was debuted in April of 2011. It has become a Top 20 hit for the group.





I hope you like Edens Edge

I Don't Want This Night To End

I don't want this night to end. School comes in the morning. However, short weeks are splendid!

If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away

Wouldn't we all like to do this?

El Paso - Marty Robbins

Time for another Western Wednesday. Today is a fist #1 hit on the pop charts in the 1960s for Marty Robbins. I hope you enjoy "El Paso". I'd be surprised if you have never heard it. Marty Robbins won a Grammy for this song in 1959. He was one of the most popular and successful country and Western singers of his era.




Happy Western Wednesday!

Happy Valentines Day! I thought I would share some of the great love songs of all time and some of my favorites. Hope you enjoy!

The current top video on CMT.com is Dolly Parton "I Will Always Love You"







Patsy Cline "Crazy"






Kenny Chesney "You Had Me From Hello"



I danced to this on my wedding.


Lee Brice "A Woman Like You"



I love this song right now. It is so cute!


Happy Valentines Day!

Daddy Daughter Date, Just Fishin'

Ok girls I know you all at some point in time had a daddy daughter date with your dad. How many of you went fishing or hunting? I did! This song is really cute and made me wonder if that is what all dads thought through the frustration of taking his girls fishing or hunting. Especially when the girls weren't very good at it. I hope you take a trip down memory lane and remember your daddy daughter moments no matter what they were!

Come Home- Faith Hill Style

Faith Hill covers One Republic "Come Home" at the 2011 CMA Awards. Who doesn't love a good cover? Better yet a country cover.

North To Alaska

I love Western Wednesday. It allows me to share some of my favorites that you don't hear a lot any more. This song, "North to Alaska" was written for John Wayne's movie North to Alaska. Johnny Horton was known as The Singing Fisherman. He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.



I hope you like this song. It reminds me of my dad and uncles when I was little! Happy Western Wednesday!

I'm Gonna Love You Through It

World Cancer day was Saturday February 4. In honor of those battling various cancers please watch and take this message to heart.

That's What I Love About Sunday

This is what Craig Morgan loves about Sunday. What do you love about Sunday? Leave a comment telling me what you love about Sunday.

Happy Friday

Enjoy your Friday with Rebecca Black. Don't forget you gotta get down on Friday!

Tattoos On This Town

How many of us from small towns left our own tattoos?





The music video took a surprising twist for me with the couple.