The Shinbone Star
This will be a hodge-podge blog. History, lists, whimsy. Randomness. I'll be all over the place.
Friday, December 22, 2023
Nicknames of Country Music Artists
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I have a music group on Facebook, "Old School Country Music", where I share songs from my playlists on YouTube. It's tradition...
Sunday, September 25, 2022
What is it About the River Jordan?
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What is it about the river Jordan? It's mentioned in so many Gospel songs in the genres of Southern Gospel, Bluegrass Gospel and African...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
My First Attempt at Making a Crossword Puzzle
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This is my first attempt at making a crossword puzzle. I've had the Eclipse Crossword software for a long time but this is the first tim...
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Murder Ballads
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Note: I am updating the song list a little at a time. Murder outnumbers any other subject for a ballad topic. Jody Amable, in a January 30, ...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The Short Stories of Four Music Genres and Their Ties to Country Music
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Dare I call them 'kissin' cousins'? Boogie-Woogie : The roots of this genre lie in the Piney Woods of northeast Texas dating ba...
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