Reuters - Apr 8, 2007
Genre-busting Mexican band Kinky has earned critical acclaim and a following among hipsters on both sides of the border. Now that base stands to gain millions of soccer fanatics from the United States...
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A Texas bookstore owner bought a rare page of working lyrics for Beatle Paul McCartney s song Maxwell s Silver Hammer for $192,000 at an auction of rock and pop memorabilia at Christie s on Monday...
More »Reuters - Oct 30, 2006
Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad Long Black Veil and other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86. Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been ill for some time with heart...
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Songwriter Marijohn Wilkin, who co-wrote the classic ballad Long Black Veil and other hits, died at her Nashville home at age 86. Wilkin, who died on Saturday, had been ill for some time with heart...
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Country Music Television is airing a preview next week of a proposed reality show based on Kinky Friedman s independent run for Texas governor. The music network will show two half-hour pilot episodes...
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Willie Nelson opened up his Central Texas ranch and private golf course on Sunday, raising an estimated $170,000 for his friend Kinky Friedman, an independent candidate for Texas governor. Former Minnesota...
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Unleash your inner Texan and vote Kinky. Kinky Friedman , best-selling author, country music singer, humorist, friend of stray dogs and salsa merchant, is running for governor of Texas in 2006 as an...
More »USRN - Nov 29, 1997
(11/28/97) - TNN s Today s Country TV show has fired a veteran producer, reportedly over a questionable booking on a talk show. Tom Spychalski was given his walking papers, according to the Nashville...
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