Woody Guthrie’s visit to Okemah, Oklahoma, 1971
It was not the first time that Woody Guthrie’s family had traveled to Oklahoma. But the visit in July 1971 was special because it was...
Who was the most famous rock’n’roll artist from Memphis, Tennessee?
Who was the most famous rock’n’roll artist from Memphis, Tennessee? There is a simple answer to this question: Elvis. This is particularly easy because the...
Novelist reflects on his death after serious neck injury
Gail Godwin was born in Birmingham in 1937 while her parents were visiting family, but I still refer to her as an Alabama writer. Godwin...
Charley Stanceu of Canton was a war hero who pitched for the NY Yankees
Gary Brown | Specially for The Canton Repository Major League pitcher Charley Stanceu of Canton may be less well known than other baseball players from...
Kinky Friedman, singer and satirist with ties to Nashville, dies at the age of 79
Kinky Friedman, a Texas-born outlaw and role model of the Nashville country music industry who was favored by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, among others,...
