Gill has also earned 20 Grammy Awards, more than any other male country music artist. Gill received the 2,478th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 6, 2012. Mark Knopfler once invited him to...
Jackson was able to obtain his private pilot’s license, even though he has his license to fly, due to the concerns of his wife he does not operate a plane. When he first obtained the license he would...
In 1999, Travis made a change, moving away from the country music that made him famous and moving into gospel music with the album A Man Ain’t Made of Stone. He followed that up with another Christian...
If his music career hadn’t taken off, I’m sure his flair for words would have made him just as successful as an ad man after attaining his degree in the subject from Oklahoma State University...
George had a cameo appearance in the film 'The Soldier' in the early 80s. There’s a reason Strait is so convincing in those Tractor Supply Co. commercials. The King knows his stuff when it comes...
Jones was a breech baby. According to a Texas Monthly profile from 1982, the doctor had to break his arm in order to deliver him. The singer's second wife, Shirley, hid Jones' keys so he couldn't take...
According to Williams biographer Colin Escott, Williams says his first guitar was a gift from his mother Lilly when he was 8-years-old. Another biographer reports Lilly claims she paid $3.50 for the instrument,...
Lucinda's favorite place to write songs is at her kitchen table where she keeps a folder bursting with decades worth of ideas. She described her work station in an interview.Lucinda Williams' father was...
When Don was three years old he sang in a local talent contest and won first prize, an alarm clock. Don tried his hand at acting in a few Burt Reynolds, 81, films. He played a band member in W.W. and the...
Harris is a devoted dog lover- she takes two dogs on the road with her when she tours. Her dog Bella is the namesake of Harris's song "Big Black Dog." Harris rescued Bella as a part of her Bonaparte's...
In 1996 she performed at the White House for President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton during "In Performance at the White House." In 2014 President Barack Obama awarded Ronstadt with the National...