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Don Rhodes has written about country music for more than 30 years. Contact him at (706) 823-3214 or don.rhodes@morris.com.

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Azar found inspiration from blues performers
Web-posted 11/05/09
Gardeners know Steve Azar as the smooth-voiced singer who opens P. Allen Smith's Garden Home series on PBS each week, singing the program's theme song, I Can't Help but Smile. Country music fans know Mr. Azar from his hits, including I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday).

Previous Columns

Trick or Trot always a favorite
Web-posted 10/29/09
One of the most unusual Halloween events in the nation takes place tonight at James Brown Arena when the National Barrel Horse Association stages its Trick or Trot contest of costume-wearing horses and their riders.
Hushpuppies album a tribute to South
Web-posted 10/22/09
It has taken eight years for The Hushpuppies band to release its second independent CD, but lead vocalist Todd Cowart said fans will find the wait to be more than worthwhile.
Blind Willie McTell biography tells story of local music hero
Web-posted 10/15/09
It was his love for Bob Dylan's music that led British author Michael Gray to write a biography of local music hero and blues legend Blind Willie McTell.
Bryan finds voice matures with fatherhood
Web-posted 10/08/09
Georgia native Luke Bryan will be back in Augusta on Monday at the Country Club nightclub, 2834 Washington Road. Doors will open at 7 p.m.,with an early show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 which includes a copy of Mr. Bryan's new CD, Doin' My Thing.
Georgia's country music talents keep on producing hits
Web-posted 10/01/09
Georgia country music stars continue putting out new releases that climb the music charts. Lady Antebellum is having success with its new single, Need You Now, and has just released a music video of the song. It also is the title track of the group's second and just-released Capitol Records CD.
Von Trapp finds stories of family, fans central to power of music
Web-posted 09/24/09
Elisabeth von Trapp is proud of her amazing relatives and their musical accomplishments, but she also is justly proud of her own.
Tale of Austrian folksingers has American overtones
Web-posted 09/17/09
Elisabeth von Trapp of the famous Austrian folksinging family will sing Edelweiss during her concert Sept. 24 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church for Augusta's Westobou Festival.
Trip to cabin paid for Hank Williams with song, daughter to link lineage
Web-posted 09/10/09
About four months before he died in 1952, Hank Williams was either fired from the Grand Ole Opry or quit the WSM-AM radio show, depending on which story you want to believe.
Hank's illegitimate daughter is star of her own soap opera life
Web-posted 09/03/09
Jett Williams' story should be made into a movie. She was born in Montgomery, Ala., on Jan. 6, 1953, just five days after the death of her father, the legendary Hank Williams.
Musical family begets additional acts
Web-posted 08/27/09
The days are numbered for The Lewis Family bluegrass-gospel group, of Lincolnton, Ga., but several family members are splitting off to form new musical acts.
Beatles live on in harmony in Augusta
Web-posted 08/20/09
The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967, might be a better collection of songs than Abbey Road, released two years later.
Brenda Lee gets dynamite Hall of Fame exhibit
Web-posted 08/13/09
It's amazing when a close friendship goes back more than 50 years, and it's even more amazing when those friends are show business veterans who got their start in North Augusta.




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