Hi Gang: And welcome to my favorite month of the year. Baseball, football, cooler temperatures, bright fall colors….it doesn’t get any better than October! Lots of good things are happening music-wise this month as well. I told you last time that I was hoping to be able to share some news about some upcoming record […]
The Grand Ole Opry celebrates its 98th birthday this month, and people are always asking me how the show has changed over the years. It has evolved with the passage of time, of course, but one thing remains the same: That warm, special feeling of camaraderie and togetherness which exists in very few other places. […]
Country Music Hall of Fame member, Songwriters Hall of Fame member and ACM and CMA-award-winning entertainment titan, Bill Anderson, will be honored with the 2024 Dr. David Godbold Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame. Anderson was inducted by the organization in 1994, and will be the first Lifetime […]
Hi Gang: August went out with a bang and now, following Labor Day, here comes September in with a roar. Things are never dull in Whisperville. I guess by now most of you have seen the footage of my asking Sara Evans if she would like to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry […]
You can see from this first picture that Sara Evans became very emotional when I asked her if she would like to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Sara was headlining her own concert at the Ryman when some of us (me, Lady A, and Carly Pearce) broke in to present her with […]
ASK BILL! 1) I recently found an RCA record by Don Bowman with a parody of your song, “Still.” It says it’s from an album called “Whispering Country.” Can you provide any information about this record? Don Bowman was the comedian on my syndicated television show from the late sixties into the early seventies, and […]
Hi Gang: I wish you all could have been there! What a night we had on July 22nd celebrating my 62nd Grand Ole Opry anniversary and the fact that I have now been an Opry member longer than anyone else in history. I’m still having trouble believing it all. By now you […]
1. I am a pedal steel guitar player and I love the pedal steel on your records. I believe you used Weldon Myrick and Sonny Garrish a lot, and those guys are like Gods and Heroes to me. Who else has played pedal steel for you over the years? We seem to be getting lots […]
Something must have really tickled Vince Gill as he and Jeannie Seely presented me with a beautifully framed plaque commemorating my 62nd Opry Anniversary…and noting the fact that I have now been a Grand Ole Opry member longer than anyone in history. Notice that beneath his coat Vince is wearing a Bill Anderson t-shirt! In […]
On July 22, 2023, Country Music Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame member Bill Anderson was recognized at the Grand Ole Opry as the longest-serving member in the show’s history. Anderson, one of the most awarded songwriters in the history of country music and a highly successful performer in his own right, was […]
