While talking to Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International, songwriting great Wayland Holyfield brings us a 'Story Behind the Song' first: a conversation about not one, but ...

The song is simple and to the point. Its straightforward verses and bare-bones arrangement leave little but the truth in a trail of twanging strings, a swaying bass line, and a steadily trotting drum ...

Don Williams would have turned 81 this year. Revered as one of the finest singers of the genre, the “Gentle Giant,” who died in 2017, was known for his smooth, mellifluous vocals. Listen to his ...

Country crooner Don Williams passed away at age 78 on Friday, leaving behind a nearly unprecedented string of hit singles and a reputation as country music’s inimitable “Gentle Giant.” Other country ...

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Williams was known as the "Gentle Giant" of country music. His hits included "Tulsa Time," "I Believe in You" and "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good." He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame ...

A native of Floydada, Texas, Williams found his way to Nashville in the late ‘60s and made his chart debut with “The Shelter of Your Eyes” in 1973. A year later he had his first No. 1 hit with “I ...