Superstar country performer Ernest Tubb — often credited with starting the honky-tonk genre — died 42 years ago today at age ...

From Gene Autry to Jimmie Rodgers to Roy Rogers, county music has a storied history of “singing cowboys”—crooning entertainers who regaled audiences with stories of the triumphs and tragedies that ...

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Country Music Hall of Famer Ernest Tubb has a rich history in the Concho Valley, including his hit song "Swell San Angelo" and his beer joint on West ...

The greatest surgery in country music history was the botched tonsillectomy that created Ernest Tubb. Well, it didn't create Tubb the person: Ernest Dale Tubb was born exactly 100 years ago, on Feb. 9 ...

Musicians and songwriters paint a picture of the world with their sounds, telling stories of joy and heartbreak and of beauty or sorrow. Country music is especially famous for sometimes combining all ...

To understand the phenomenon of Junior Brown, grab a frosty one, sit down and watch “The Ernest Tubb Show,” a syndicated country-music showcase that first aired back in 1965 — when little Junior was ...