Ramblin' Rhodes: Shepard honored for 60th year with 'Grand Ole Opry'
Two significant anniversaries happened in late November connected to the Grand Ole Opry radio program in Nashville, Tenn.read more
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Asleep at the Wheel, Berry shows have holiday twist
The year is winding down for concerts but in the coming days you can catch Texas swing king Ray Benson with his Asleep at the Wheel band and Georgia’s own John Berry performing their Christmas...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: As far as solo work, this isn't Kelley's first time around
Many newspapers and online and print music magazines are referring to Charles Kelley’s new release The Driver as his first “solo” single in advance of his first “solo” album, to be released in 2016.But...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Augusta celebrates a history of outstanding people
When you come into downtown Augusta from Riverwatch and you cross 15th Street, if you look to the right you will see a couple of concrete block buildings at the rear of Streeter Printing &...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: It's a good time to play back the year's notable quotes
In keeping with tradition, this last column of the year is devoted to favorite quotes obtained from 2015 interviews: read more
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: New year offers nice spread of country music events
The 2015-2016 arts series usually take a break for the Christmas and New Year’s Eve holidays and then pick back up in the new year.read more
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Futurity adds event for truck lovers
If you have a truck of any kind and want to take part in one of the most unique events held in this area, all you have to do is show up at The Hippodrome in North Augusta about 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan....
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Aside from Futurity expo, Bell holds history of music
This week, Bell Auditorium next to James Brown Arena will be a fairly quiet place with the Western Expo taking place inside the building during The Augusta Futurity.The Expo is open through Saturday,...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Kit & The Kats brings 'goldie oldies' to stage in Aiken
Dancing to and singing along with late 1950s and early ’60s hits simply are just pure fun whether you grew up in that era or not.And one person who knows that for sure is California singer Laura Ellis,...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Country legend Flo Carter to unveil first music video
Nearly 60 years ago, you could find “Florence Carter” and her band, The Rockets, playing nightly in the Oglethorpe Room of the then-fashionable Bon Air Hotel in Augusta.read more
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: McCrary Sisters' musical sound continues to be heard
About this time last year, Regina McCrary had a co-starring role in a family Christian movie titled Welcome To Inspiration that also featured country music star Larry Gatlin, gospel music star Jason...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: R&B pioneer Leroy Lloyd remembered by local fans
Rhythm and blues pioneer Leroy Lloyd, who toured with James Brown and Jackie Wilson and fronted his own popular band The Swinging Dukes, was remembered at a memorial service last week attended by fans...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Augusta museum makes history marking 20th year
Visitors who entered the brand new Augusta Museum of History’s building at Sixth and Telfair streets 20 years ago this month were greeted by a giant polar bear on a fake block of ice in the lobby.The...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Literary festival calls to mind Augusta novelist Fleming
It was 70 years ago that Augusta novelist Berry Fleming traveled to Atlanta for the world premiere of the 20th Century Fox movie Colonel Effingham’s Raid based on his Book of the Month Club novel of...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Country music world loses two greats: Rambo, James
The gospel and country music worlds lost two giants with the deaths of Buck Rambo on Feb. 21 at age 84, and Sonny James on Feb. 22 at age 87.James is one of the main reasons that I have been writing...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: A lucky few to hear Tritt play acoustic show at Imperial
The lucky ticket holders to Travis Tritt’s sold-out acoustic concert at the Imperial Theatre on Saturday, March 19, paid about half of what the people did to see the two sold-out acoustic shows Tritt...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Since 1754, cartoonists have drawn signs of times
Political cartoons have been an art form in itself since the first one, Join Or Die, of a fragmented snake appeared in Benjamin Franklin’s newspaper The Pennsylvania Gazette in Philadelphia on May 9,...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Hydrick video shoot turns into magical night of music
Anyone who was at McKenna Hydrick’s show at Le Chat Noir in downtown Augusta on March 20 will tell you that it probably was one of the best concerts held anywhere at any time on any professional-stage...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Illusionist Adam Trent brings audience into the show
You won’t be seeing illusionist Adam Trent this week in a tuxedo waving a magic wand above a top hat, saying “abracadabra” and pulling a rabbit out of the hat during his Augusta-area visit.That’s just...
View ArticleRamblin' Rhodes: Patty says tour stop in Aiken is way to say 'thank you'
Even gospel music super stars need their daily coffee fix as a recent phone conversation with Sandi Patty proved.At one point there were all of these heavy wind sounds and voices coming from a drive-in...
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