Bonfire Country

When Dolly Parton first arrived in Nashville the day after her high school graduation in 1964, she had nothing but a cardboard suitcase, a head full of dreams, and a voice that would soon change the...

Imagine sitting in a cramped backstage dressing room in East Texas in the spring of 1956. A young, hungry musician with a deep baritone voice and a head full of dreams is strumming his guitar, trying...

There is a moment in "Whiskey Lullaby" when the bright, crisp picking of the acoustic guitar gives way to the deep, hollow moan of a dobro, and you know instantly that you are about to hear a ghost...

There’s a reason why, the moment you hear that fiery, frenetic fiddle intro, you know exactly what song is playing. The Charlie Daniels Band’s 1979 smash hit, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," is...

If you've ever found yourself in a dimly lit honky-tonk with a cold beer in hand, chances are you've heard the unmistakable opening guitar lick of Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried." It's one of those rare...

It all started with a forgotten wallet at a Nashville eatery. When songwriter Earl Bud Lee realized he couldn't pay for his lunch at Tavern on the Row, he didn't panic. Instead, he turned to his...