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Say Hi To Margie Singleton (AGAIN)! Margaret Louis Ebey  (born October 5, 1935), known professionally as  Margie Singleton , is an American country music singer and songwriter. In the 1960s, she was a popular duet and solo recording artist, working with country stars George Jones and Faron Young. Singleton had her biggest hit with Young called “Keeping Up With The Joneses” in 1964. She managed a successful solo career in the 1960s, recording 9 Top 40 Billboard Country singles, including a Top 5 hit. In addition to being a solo and duet star, she also sang as a back-up vocalist with  The Jordanaires . Numerous performers recorded many of her songs, including  Teresa Brewer ,  Tammy Wynette  and  Charley Pride . In 1964, Singleton teamed up with singer  Faron Young . Together they recorded the song “Keeping Up With The Joneses”. That year, the song reached the country top 5, and became Singleton’s biggest hit. Now, at the age of 82, M...

High Class Hillbilly fashion at 2017 "First Fridays" Every summer for the last 15 years, the city of Nashville has been lucky enough to have “Frist Fridays”. This is a weekly, seasonal concert series in the patio of the Frist Center for Visual Arts. It’s a spectacular evening of outstanding music, and if you need a break from the noise you can pop inside the museum and see all the visual art on display, included for free with the price of the concert ticket.   The Tennessee Dirtbags This past Friday August 25, South Carolina native Nikki Lane and her band “The Tennessee Dirtbags” headlined the event. She’s now local to Nashville and she’s widely known as one of this town’s best country and rock songwriters. Her third album Highway Queen is  a reflective album that goes all the way back to growing up in South Carolina, through the heartbreak of a failed marriage, coming to terms with love not lasting forever, and dealing with a loved one going through a cancer diagn...

NASHVILLE MUSIC REPORT – JEREMY PARSONS IS NOT A COWBOY Beginnings… If you saw a picture of Jeremy Parsons 6 years ago, you would not think it was the same person . He used to be clean-shaven, and wouldn’t play a show without a cowboy hat or his custom-made  Manuel suit. His first release, titled “Doggondest Feeling” was a traditional country piece of work, endorsed by  Little Jimmy Dickens . He spent the next couple years traveling the United States and Europe with Jett Williams , the infamous daughter of   Hank Williams Sr . He toured with the family as  an opening act, and garnered experience behind the scenes in a managerial role. He also got his first cut less than a year of being in Nashville after meeting  The Grascals  at a house party. They fell in love with the song “Out Comes The Sun” after Little Jimmy Dickens told them “you guys would be idiots if you didn’t cut that.” Jeremy was inspired by the fantastic “Americana” music com...

NAMM SUMMER 2017 RECAP the   inspiration   begins here July 13 – 15, 2017 · Music City Center · Nashville, TN | July 12 • Retail Boot Camp What Happened at NAMM 2017 Thursday July 13   Brad Paisley Joins Fender’s Artist Series with New Guitar and Appears at Summer NAMM   Jason Isbell Debuts new Signature Martin Guitar and Appears at Summer NAMM    American Eagle Awards honored Patti Smith, Crystal Gale and Harry Sheare           OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS:   Breakfast Session, The Retail Store of the Future TEC Tracks, Producers and Artists: The Art of the Craft with Sara Evans NAMM Opening Night Party featuring the 34 th   Annual American Eagle Awards NAMM Opening Night Party featuring the 34 th   Annual American Eagle Awards Summer NAMM 2017 Opening Day What Happened at NAMM 2017 Friday July 14 NOTABLE EVENTS FROM TODAY: The Connected Consumer: Customer Experience in an Online World,...