October 3, 2014 1961 Welcome To The Hall - The First Class of Inductees
Jimmy Rodgers, Hank Williams and songwriter Fred Rose became the first inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
October 2, 2014 1954 A Slight Miscalculation On Management's Part
Elvis Presley makes his only appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, singing "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Opry manager Jim Denny allegedly tells him not to give up his day job.
October 1, 2014
Photo by Paul McConnell/Getty Images2007 Paparazzi Out Of Control
Keith Urban was involved in a motorcycle accident while being followed by paparazzi in Sydney, Australia, on his way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
September 30, 2014 1992 Brooks & Gill Reign At The CMAs
Vince Gill and Garth Brooks are double-winners in the 26th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House.
Sept. 18 might be a day Willie Nelson would just as soon forget. It was on this day in 2006 that the singer was arrested for possession of marijuana and narcotic mushrooms while on the road in Louisiana.
Willie Nelson is one of a number of artists featured on an upcoming Paul McCartney tribute album.
September 10, 2014 Today's #DailyDigitalDownload is from Willie Nelson's CD "To All The Girls..." The CD contains duets with some amazing and talented women. This song includes Dolly Parton.
Willie Nelson's famous braids will soon be available for purchase. The 'On the Road Again' singer's hair will be sold at an auction on Oct. 5, along with several other items owned by the late Waylon Jennings. Nelson gave Jennings' the hair after he cut it off in 1983 as a sign of support for his friend, when Jennings decided to become sober.
September 2, 2014 A video of Willie Nelson doing a pretty complicated card trick has gone viral. It's six minutes long but you have to stay to the end for the payoff. He tells a story along with the card trick. It's worth the wait!
How does he do that?
Thirty-five years ago today, on Sept. 1, 1979, Leon Russell and Willie Nelson both had one very good reason to celebrate. Their remake of the Elvis Presley classic, 'Heartbreak Hotel,' soared to No. 1 on the country chart.
The Foo Fighters already had a close country connection, as lead singer Dave Grohl worked with the Zac Brown Band on their latest album, 'The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1,' but now the entire band is embracing the Nashville music scene.
Farm Aid returns to Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 13, and Dave Matthews, who played the first event in 1995 and now sits on its board, says fellow board member Willie Nelson is a "folk hero."
