Welcome!

 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
Sep 112024
 

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!

Thanks for stopping by, we hope to see you again soon!

This Date in Country Music History – October 29th

 Posted by at 6:30 am on October 29, 2025
Oct 292025
 

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2016 – Luke Combs made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2013 – Toby Keith released his album Drinks After Work
  • 2013 – Thomas Rhett released his debut album It Goes Like This
  • 2012 – The Band Perry released their single “Better Dig Two”
  • 2012 – Kelly Clarkson released her duet with Vince Gill titled “Don’t Rush”
  • 2012 – George Strait released his single “Give It All We Got Tonight”
  • 2010 – Brett Eldredge made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2008 – The Zac Brown Band signed with Atlantic Records
  • 2002 – Rascal Flatts released their album Melt
  • 1996 – Alan Jackson released his album Everything I Love
  • 1994 – Alan Jackson scored a #1 hit with “Livin’ On Love”
  • 1983 – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton topped the charts for the first of 2 weeks with “Islands in the Stream”
  • 1982 – Alabama made it’s Grand Ole Opry debut

HCM Content

This Date in Country Music History – October 28th

 Posted by at 7:10 am on October 28, 2025
Oct 282025
 

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2022 – Lainey Wilson released her album Bell Bottom Country
  • 2022 – Bryan Martin released his song “We Ride”
  • 2022 – Jerry Lee Lewis passed away at the age of 87
  • 2020 – Billy Joe Shaver passed away from a stroke in Waco, TX
  • 2020 – Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani announced their engagement
  • 2016 – Kenny Chesney released his album Cosmic Hallelujah
  • 2008 – Toby Keith‘s album That Don’t Make Me a Bad Guy was released
  • 2008 – Joey + Rory released their debut album Life of a Song
  • 2007 – Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry member Porter Wagoner passed away due to lung cancer
  • 2007 – Vince Gill, Mel Tillis, and Ralph Emery were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2006 – Heartland scored a #1 hit with their wedding staple “I Loved Her First”
  • 1995 – David Lee Murphy scored a #1 hit with “Dust on the Bottle”
  • 1991 – Tracy Lawrence released his debut album Sticks and Stones
  • 1939 – Bill Monroe made his Grand Ole Opry debut

HCM Content

Today’s Photo Flashback

 

This Date in Country Music History – October 27th

 Posted by at 7:35 am on October 27, 2025
Oct 272025
 

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Aaron Watson released his album Cover Girl
  • 2020 – Blake Shelton announced his engagement to Gwen Stefani
  • 2018 – Freddie Hart, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and a former ACM Entertainer of the Year, passed away
  • 2017 – Granger Smith released his album When The Good Guys Win
  • 2014 – Sam Hunt released his debut album Montevallo
  • 2014 – Taylor Swift goes pop full-time with the release of her album 1989
  • 2013 – Kenny Rogers, Bobby Bare, and Jack Clement were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2007 – Josh Turner became a member of the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2006 – Kellie Pickler made her Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2001 – Brooks & Dunn topped the charts with “Only In America”
  • 1998 – Sara Evans released her album No Place That Far
  • 1984 – Alabama scored a #1 hit with “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle In The Band)”

HCM Content

Today’s Photo Flashback

 

This Date in Country Music History – October 26th

 Posted by at 7:19 am on October 26, 2025
Oct 262025
 

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Jelly Roll scored a #1 album with Beautifully Broken
  • 2020 – Jason Aldean released his single “Blame It On You”
  • 2014 – Ronnie Milsap, Mac Wiseman, & Hank Cochran were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2011 – Lead singer Richie McDonald re-joined Lonestar
  • 2004 – Blake Shelton released his album Blake Shelton’s Barn & Grill
  • 2004 – Sugarland released their debut album Twice the Speed of Light
  • 2000 – Garth Brooks announced his plans to retire
  • 1999 – Alan Jackson released his album Under the Influence
  • 1999 – Gary Allan released his album Smoke Rings in the Dark
  • 1991 – Travis Tritt scored a #1 hit with “Anymore”

HCM Content

Today’s Photo Flashback

 

This Date in Country Music History – October 25th

 Posted by at 7:32 am on October 25, 2025
Oct 252025
 

 

This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Drew Baldridge released his song “Tough People”
  • 2024 – Kelsea Ballerini released her album Patterns
  • 2021 – Carrie Underwood’s album Some Hearts was certified 9x Platinum
  • 2019 – Old Dominion released their self-titled album Old Dominion
  • 2017 – “All In For The Gambler:  Kenny Rogers Farewell Concert Celebration” was held in Nashville
  • 2015 – The Oak Ridge Boys, Jim Ed Brown and the Browns, and Grady Martin were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2014 – Jason Aldean’s album Old Boots, New Dirt debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Album’s chart
  • 2010 – Taylor Swift released her album Speak Now
  • 2008 – Craig Morgan joined the Grand Ole Opry
  • 2003 – Gary Allan scored a #1 hit with “Tough Little Boys”
  • 1992 – Country Music Hall of Famer Roger Miller passed away due to cancer

HCM Content

Today’s Photo Flashback

 Older Entries