Classic Country Memories

Classic Country Memories

Memories of simpler times, good old country & southern gospel music, & small town life abound on these pages. Read about classic country TV shows, fictional small towns & memories of real life in a little town not too far from Nashville, TN.

Photo courtesy of ridgetop.com
Read about my experiences growing up in lovely Ridgetop, TN

Life in the Kornfield can be mighty sweet!!!
Click here to visit my Hee Haw Tribute Page .

Do you love Porter & Dolly? Click here to read about the Porter Wagoner Show.

Soon I will have another link here...still trying to put it all together...but I love this picture, taken about a half-mile from my home.

I haven't decided what to link here yet. I am a Christian, & I love the Southern Gospel style of music, among others. I am not sure where this will end up.

The Royalty Project will be hosted here eventually. Please click here to go to the old one.

Remember the "good ol' days" when we only had three channels on TV? Four, if you were lucky enough to have PBS? It was back before the video channels quit showing videos all the time and started showing lifestyles of the rich country stars all the time...for that matter, it was before people started making videos. In the grand scheme of things, country music as well as television were relatively new on the horizon. Country stars had just learned that TV was a great medium for promoting their careers.

In Middle Tennessee, where I grew up, Saturday afternoons were country music TV time in the 1970's. Porter Wagoner, Buck Owens, Billy Walker, Jim Ed Brown, and Del Reeves were some of the stars who hosted these shows. CBS even got into the trend with the Johnny Cash Show and the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and of course, "Hee Haw." CBS decided that was "too country" and cancelled the show, only to watch as the show went on for 24 more years in syndication.

CMT has finally started airing some of those old episodes of "Hee Haw." RFD-TV runs the Act IV Show Biz collection owned by Willie Nelson (including "The Porter Wagoner Show," "The Wilburn Brothers Show," and "Pop Goes the Country," among others) and the Blue Highways TV shows, including "Reno's Old Time Music Festival" and "Heart to Heart Classics."

I thought once CMT started showing "Hee Haw" again that my mission as self-appointed "Keeper of the Flame" would be over. Instead, I still get quite a lot of e-mail from fans of "Hee Haw." The official "Hee Haw" website is nice - naturally, they own the graphics! On a recent visit I found that they've updated a lot of the biographical information & improved things a lot!

Let me be very clear about my site - I'm not officially anything except a fan of good old classic country music. Otherwise, I'm not affiliated with any country music industry businesses or individuals (though if any country music businesses or individuals are interested in utilizing my web experience or research skills, please let me know!!!)

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