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The Night “High Cotton” Became Everyone’s Story: Alabama’s Most Personal Performance Yet

Deborah L. Jacobs

Some songs hold special memories in every note. Alabama’s live performance of “High Cotton” on April 29, 2023, is one ...

Why ‘Dixieland Delight’ Still Feels Like Home, Decades Later

Deborah L. Jacobs

It is not just music, it is motion. Dixieland Delight by Alabama feels like rolling down a backroad with the ...

The Night Randy Travis Stopped Time at the Opry with “Three Wooden Crosses”

Deborah L. Jacobs

Some songs tell a story. Some songs are the story. That is what happens when Randy Travis stands beneath the ...

When Randy Travis Stood and Sang “Amazing Grace,” the Room Stopped Breathing

Deborah L. Jacobs

Some voices fade with time. Randy Travis’s grew louder in silence. That is what made his performance of “Amazing Grace” ...

Trapped by a Shovel and a Song: The Quiet Power Behind Randy Travis’s “The Hole”

Deborah L. Jacobs

What do you do when the hole you are in is one you dug yourself? That is the quiet storm ...

How One Song Brought Rebellion Back to Country Music: Inside “Put Some Drive In Your Country”

Deborah L. Jacobs

Some songs arrive like a punch of thunder, loud and alive from the first note. That is what happens when ...

How Travis Tritt Turned a Country Classic Into a Southern Rock Revival

Deborah L. Jacobs

Some songs walk in with a loud guitar and a wild heart. That is exactly what happens when Travis Tritt ...

How Travis Tritt Turned One Song into a Battle Cry for Dreamers

Deborah L. Jacobs

With dirt on his boots and stars in his eyes, he sang his truth and watched it rise. That is ...

What Hank Williams Found Inside “San Antonio Rose”

Deborah L. Jacobs

Some songs feel like a smile from the past. “San Antonio Rose” is one of them. When Hank Williams sings ...

When a Song Feels Like a Memory: Hank III Keeps the Pain Alive in “‘Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone”

Deborah L. Jacobs

Some songs are not just sung, they are handed down like heirlooms. In “‘Neath A Cold Gray Tomb Of Stone,” ...