By Dave Parsons With the encouragement of her parents, Anita Stapleton took an interest in music at an early age. Starting at the age of eleven, she began playing music throughout her home state of Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen, she began performing on a regular basis at the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree. In 1995,…
By Dave Parsons On March 15, 1974, the Grand Ole Opry had it’s final show at the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville, Tennesee. The next evening, March 16, 1974, Roy Acuff opened the first show at the new 4,400 seat Grand Ole Opry House with his signature song The Wabash Cannonball, with that evening’s…
By Dave Parsons Hailing from Texas, he is a multi-instrumentalist who perfected his craft under steeples, toured as a Christian Rock bassist, and moved to Nashville and became a songwriter. After several years, he became an “overnight” sensation when he won Season 7 of THE VOICE. Hailing from Texas, he is a multi-instrumentalist singer…
By Dave Parsons He has recorded 13 studio albums, had more than 20 singles on the charts, with three of them going to #1. reached Number One, and eight more made Top Ten. He sang jingles for television commercials for companies like McDonald’s, Coors, Coca-Cola, and was the singing narrator in the Taco Bell…
