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09/10/2024

30/09/2024

Kris Kristofferson

1936 – 2024

“Kris Kristofferson believed to his core that creativity is God-given, and that those who ignore or deflect such a holy gift are doomed to failure and unhappiness. He preached that a life of the mind gives voice to the soul, and then he created a body of work that gave voice not only to his soul but to ours. Kris's heroes included the prize fighter Muhammad Ali, the great poet William Blake, and the ‘Hillbilly Shakespeare,’ Hank Williams. He lived his life in a way that honored and exemplified the values of each of those men, and he leaves a righteous, courageous, and resounding legacy that rings with theirs.”

—Kyle Young, CEO
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

06/09/2024

05/08/2024

18/07/2024

Just Announced! 💥 Don't miss Clay Walker at our Dancin' in the Dirt Concert, presented by Amarillo National Bank on Saturday, September 14!

A limited number of VIP tickets are available, and you can save $10 when you buy tickets online before the day of the show.

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16/07/2024

09/07/2024

Joseph S. Bonsall (76) of Hendersonville, TN passed on to Glory on July 9, 2024, from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. He leaves behind his precious wife, Mary Ann, daughters Jennifer and Sabrina, granddaughter Breanne, grandson Luke, two great grandsons, Chance and Grey, and a sister...

27/06/2024

27/06/2024

Sad news this morning. The legendary Kinky Friedman has died. He was 79. Irreverent, iconoclastic, but with a heart as big as Texas, he lived on his own terms. Truly one of a kind.

I'm trying to figure out what my favorite Kinky quote is. Among them:

1) "If elected, the first thing I'll do is demand a recount."

2) "A fool and his money are soon elected."

3) "There's a fine line between fiction and non-fiction, and I believe I snorted it in 1976."

4) "I believe musicians can run this state a lot better than politicians. We just won't get much done in the morning."

5) "Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive."

6) “Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.”

7) "Friedman's just another word for nothing left to lose."

Kinky was not a native Texan, but he once said that he had to come to Texas because we were the only state that would put up with his nonsense. It was here that he caught up to his future. There will never be another like him.

This photo of Kinky taken by Carlos Lowry.

24/06/2024

30/05/2024

📣 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟑 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬
Today we'd like to share a lovely poem written by Casey Rose...

⭐️𝔸𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕠 𝕚𝕟 ℕ𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣⭐️

It falls every year on the second weekend of November,
in that West Texas town of Amarillo.
It's the W.R.C.A. Ranch Rodeo Finals and once you've been, you just can't bear not to go.

It's not just the ranch rodeo,
though it's sure enough a sight to behold,
and the trade show sure don't hurt,
with all that's traded, bought and sold.

Some go just to meet their pards
they only get to see once a year,
and you can usually spot 'em with a beer in their hands
and grinnin' ear to ear.

Others go to compete
and leave it all out there on that dirt.
They've earned their spot in that arena,
and not all have gotten there unhurt.

I'd say it's like a big family reunion,
even though there's thousands you may have never met,
but there's something about being there that ties us all together and you'll feel it too, I'd be willing to bet.

Now I know most folks are feeding by then
and it's hard to get away,
but if it can be fixed to where you can make some tracks,
you'll be glad you took the days.

© Casey Rose, 2017

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15/05/2024

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