Lonesome Drifter will likely introduce and expose Crockett to an entirely new fanbase. It also includes some re-recordings of songs he’s has cut in years past (“Jamestown Ferry,” made famous by Tanya ...

The songwriter has an opportunity to hit the ground running. Find four of country's best opening lines, below.

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The first flowering of country blues on records happened in 1926. It seems there were 25 or 30 records by blues artists on or related to the 1927 flood. The songs present a variety of commentary ...

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Smith, along with Ma Rainey, toured the country with vaudeville tent shows spreading the blues across the States ... who took their name from one of his songs. BB King was another musician ...