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 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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Thank you for visiting Hometown Country Music!

Our unique website and social media accounts are focused on two goals:

  • Keeping fans updated on the latest new music, tours and festivals while honoring the past of Country Music
  • Providing hometown artists a platform to get some national exposure alongside today’s stars and legends

We hope you find this to be your #1 destination for all things Country Music, worthy of bookmarking and visiting often.  Please explore our menus to see all that we have to offer and give us a follow on Facebook and Twitter/X.  We are adding and updating content daily!

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This Date in Country Music History – April 1st

 Posted by at 6:20 am on April 1, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2022 – “Convoy” singer C.W. McCall passed away
  • 2022 – Thomas Rhett released his album Where We Started
  • 2021 – Charlie Worsham’s wife gave birth to their son
  • 2020 – Dolly Parton announced that she was donating $1 million towards COVID-19 research
  • 2017 – Josh Turner scored a #1 album with Deep South
  • 2016 – Jason Aldean released his single “Lights Come On”
  • 2014 – Dan + Shay released their debut album Where It All Began
  • 2014 – Josh Thompson released his album Turn It Up
  • 2009 – Zac Brown Band‘s single “Chicken Fried” was certified platinum
  • 2008 – George Strait released his album Troubadour
  • 2008 – Josh Gracin released his album We Weren’t Crazy
  • 2006 – Eric Church made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2003 – Chris Cagle released his album Chris Cagle
  • 2002 – Diamond Rio released their single “Beautiful Mess”
  • 2000 – Yankee Grey made their Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1997 – Trace Adkins‘ management team sent his fiancee a $7,500 bill for Trace to sing at his own wedding as an April Fools joke
  • 1989 – George Strait topped the charts with “Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye”

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This Date in Country Music History – March 31st

 Posted by at 7:31 am on March 31, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2022 – Jelly Roll released his single “Son of a Sinner”
  • 2021 – Warner Music Nashville signed Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley to a solo deal
  • 2018 – Scotty McCreery scored a #1 album with Seasons Change
  • 2011 – Mel McDaniel died of lung cancer in Hendersonville, TN
  • 2009 – Keith Urban released his album Defying Gravity
  • 2009 – Rodney Atkins released his album It’s America
  • 2008 – Jimmy Wayne released his single “Do You Believe Me Now”
  • 2008 – Kenny Chesney released his single “Better As A Memory”
  • 2006 – Jake Owen made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1962 – Patsy Cline topped the charts with “She’s Got You”

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This Date in Country Music History – March 30th

 Posted by at 6:22 am on March 30, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Kacey Musgraves scored a number one album with Deeper Well
  • 2018 – Kacey Musgraves released her album Golden Hour
  • 2018 – Ashley McBryde released her debut major-label album Girl Going Nowhere
  • 2013 – Kacey Musgraves made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2010 – Alan Jackson released his album Freight Train
  • 2009 – Jack Ingram released his single “Barefoot and Crazy”
  • 2002 – Martina McBride topped the charts with “Blessed”
  • 1996 – Billy Ray Cyrus made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 1974 – Tanya Tucker topped the charts with “Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)”

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This Date in Country Music History – March 29th

 Posted by at 6:55 am on March 29, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2021 – Callista Clark released her song “It’s ‘Cause I Am”
  • 2020 – Grand Ole Opry star Joe Diffie passed away due to complications from COVID-19
  • 2019 – George Strait released his album Honky Tonk Time Machine
  • 2019 – Jake Owen released his album Greetings From…Jake
  • 2019 – Blake Shelton released his smash hit “God’s Country”
  • 2016 – The Country Music Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2016, which included Charlie Daniels and Randy Travis
  • 2013 – Carrie Underwood‘s single “Cowboy Casanova” was certified double-platinum
  • 2005 – Billy Dean released his album Let Them Be Little
  • 2003 – Joe Nichols scored his first career #1 hit with “Brokenheartsville”
  • 1997 – Reba topped the charts with “How Was I To Know”
  • 1980 – Conway Twitty topped the charts with “I’d Love To Lay You Down”
  • 1960 – Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge opened in downtown Nashville

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This Date in Country Music History – March 28th

 Posted by at 6:14 am on March 28, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2025 – Jordan Davis released his song “Bar None”
  • 2022 – Parker McCollum married Hallie Ray Light
  • 2020 – Grand Ole Opry member Jan Howard passed away
  • 2009 – Love & Theft made their Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2005 – George Strait released his single “You’ll Be There”
  • 1994 – David Ball released his single “Thinkin’ Problem”
  • 1992 – Reba McEntire topped the charts with “Is There Life Out There”
  • 1981 – Hank Williams Jr. topped the charts with “Texas Women”

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