Updates

• Added essential information to the Penny Records post. • Added newspaper ads to the Beau Hannon & the Mint Juleps post. • Expanded the Alabama Hayloft Jamboree post with the help of newspaper clippings.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Jimmy C. Newman and Weldon Myrick R.I.P.

Two country music legends passed away last month. Jimmy C. Newman died at the age of 86 on June 21. He suffered from cancer. Steel guitar virtuoso Weldon Myrick died June 2 at the age of 76. Both were very influential in the development of country music and have been performed at the Grand Ole Opry for many decades.

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