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Another beautiful Guus Dielissen instrumental classic: “Let It Be”

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If you’ve been following my posts for a while you know I’ve become a huge fan of Guus Dielissen and I’ve shared  several of his amazing guitar instrumentals. Well, today I’m sharing yet another one.

I have always loved the melody of the timeless Beatles’ classic “Let It Be” and Guus has taken it and made it his very own. The short video below features his simple, but masterful performance of that wonderful melody.  [Read more…]

This song could have been written about my own early life

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I’ll never forget the first time I heard Joe Diffie sing.

It was close to midnight on a hot summer Sunday night as I was driving down a lonely stretch of I-20 between Columbia, South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia.

I was stationed at Augusta’s Fort Gordon Army base at the time and I was on my way back to Augusta after spending the weekend “back home” in Virginia.

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Another awesome Guus Dielissen instrumental classic: “Country Roads”

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As you probably know by now, Guus Dielissen has quickly became one of my favorite guitarists. I have featured several of his wonderful guitar instrumentals recently and you can check them out right here.

I just discovered yet another video of Guus playing one of my favorite songs from back in the day: the John Denver classic “Country Roads”.  [Read more…]

How Dolly’s song ‘I Will Always Love You’ went all the way to #1 – three times!

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Chances are you’re quite familiar with the hit song “I Will Always Love You”.

What you might not know is that song went to #1 a total of three times, on two different Billboard charts.

This post details the history of that wonderful song and how it eventually made it to the very top of the charts on three different occasions.  [Read more…]

A true classic: B.J. Thomas and Kenny Rogers team up to sing “I Just Can’t Help Believin'”

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If you’re of a certain age you probably remember B.J. Thomas as one of the most popular singers of his era, and of course Kenny Rogers was a County Music superstar.

Both of those gentlemen were hugely successful in their chosen genres, but did you know Kenny Rogers dabbled in the world of pop music before eventually transitioning to Country?  [Read more…]