1966: CHARLEY PRIDE, the first black country superstar, hits the charts.
1969-1971 Buck Owens and Roy Clark (with those great sideburns) host country music/comedy show HEE-HAW, a nationwide TV hit.
1973 OUTLAW MOVEMENT [Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and crew] hits its stride.
1986 DOLLYWOOD: A Tennessee theme park gets a new name after Dolly Parton. The park gets some 3 million visitors a year who get a slice of country life and lots of country music. Puts Sevierville and Pigeon Forge on the map.
1989 Enter GARTH BROOKS, the No.-selling solo artist (in any genre) of all time.
"Where oh Where, Are You Tonight?" --RoadDog
MORE GOOD QUOTES: If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The lietrature was full of examples that said you can't do this." SPENCER SILVER on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M's "Post-It" Notepads.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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