Obie Burnett McClinton was born on Thursday 25 April 1940 in Senatobia, Mississippi; he was the second-youngest child born to Reverend G. A. McClinton, a clergyman and farmer, who owned his own 700-acre ranch in Mississippi, not far from Memphis, Tennessee. Obie McClinton listened to Hank Williams (Monday 17 SeptemberContinue Reading
Lawton Williams, acclaimed songwriter of ‘Farewell Party’, was born on Monday 24 July 1922 in Troy, Tennessee. Lawton Williams was the son of a fiddle player and was influenced by Roy Acuff (Tuesday 15 September 1903 – Monday 23 November 1992) and movie cowboy Gene Autry (Sunday 29 September 1907Continue Reading
Joe Eddie GoughFriday 27 January 1939 – Friday 14 August 2009An Appreciation Joe Eddie Gough was born Joseph Edwin Gough Jr. in Galveston, Texas on Friday 27 January 1939, and graduated from Lamar High School in Houston and attended Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Â Joe Eddie Gough served inContinue Reading
Gene Watson BoulevardTuesday 25 September 2012 Legendary country music artist and Houston resident, Gene Watson, was honoured by his hometown of Paris, Texas with the naming of Gene Watson Boulevard, prior to his concert at Red River Valley Fair in Paris, Texas on Tuesday 25 September 2012. Gene Watson receivedContinue Reading
Dave Kirby was born in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas on Saturday 10 July 1938. Dave Kirby was a natural musician and took up the guitar while still a young boy, encouraged by a family that included his uncle, Big Bill Lister (Friday 5 January 1923 – Tuesday 1 December 2009),Continue Reading
Vincent Wesley Matthews1940 – Saturday 22 November 2003Vincent Wesley Matthews was born in Waverly, Tennessee in 1940; he left home after graduating from Waverly High School and headed to Chicago, Illinois where he attended art college and decided to pursue a career as a cartoonist. Vincent Wesley Matthews returned toContinue Reading
England-based Hux Records was launched in 1998 and, since then, has built an enviable reputation as specialists in releasing classic archive recordings. All of their titles include material which has never been available on CD before now; in fact, most Hux Records recordings have never been available before in anyContinue Reading
