August 01, 2015

 

Nashville loses two legends

It's been a sad week in Music City, and it loses two of the biggest names in the business.
Lynn Anderson, who earned a Grammy with her 1970 hit, “Rose Garden,” died Friday (July 31) in Nashville’s Vanderbilt Medical Center at the age of 67.
Lynn Rene Anderson was born Sept. 26, 1947 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, to noted songwriters Liz and Casey Anderson. She grew up in Sacramento, California.
Apart from her considerable achievements as a recording artist, the strikingly attractive Anderson was also an award-winning horsewoman who was crowned California Horse Show Queen in 1966. She continued to compete in equestrian events well after her recording career faded.
Anderson’s first country single, “Ride, Ride, Ride,” came in 1966, followed immediately by her first Top 5 hit, “If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away),” the next year. Both songs were written by her mother.That success netted her regular appearances on The Lawrence Welk Show 1967-68.
Her biggest hit came in 1970, when “Rose Garden” resulted in her first No. 1 country hit (and one that stayed at the top for five weeks). It also reached No. 3 on the UK pop chart, and she was awarded the CMA's female vocalist of the year award in 1971.
During the past decade, Anderson had a series of run-ins with the law over domestic disputes, impaired driving, shoplifting and resisting arrest. She was plagued by recurring bouts of illness, as well.
In June, she released Bridges, a gospel album, and also performed and signed autographs at the CMA Music Festival.

Meanwhile legendary steel guitarist Buddy Emmons's death was also announced this week.
Born Jan. 27, 1937 in Mishawaka, Ind., Buddie Gene Emmons began learning to play the lap steel guitar when he was 11 and first came to prominence in the mid 1950s after joining Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens’ band.
Emmons would subsequently tour and record with Ernest Tubb’s Texas Troubadours, Ray Price’s Cherokee Cowboys and with various bands headed by Roger Miller, the Everly Brothers, Ray Pennington and others.
In 1956, he and fellow steel guitarist Shot Jackson formed the Sho-Bud company to design and build pedal steel guitars. He left Sho-Bud in 1963 to establish the Emmons Guitar Company.



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