A very ill-conceived joke in the wake of the Manchester terror attack Monday night (May 22) drew the ire of many Twitter users, including John Rich and Clint Black.
Folks in country music like to play nice with each other. But there are times when, as Waylon Jennings once sang, something's got 'em "feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys."
Many of our favorite country stars have been in the public eye for multiple decades, which means that some of them have changed a lot since when they first hit the stage.
John Rich did very well as an Apprentice on this date in 2011, Toby Keith's show was interrupted by mortar fire in 2008 and Jerry Lee Lewis got married ... for the sixth time ... in 1984.
John and Joan Rich welcomed a son on this date in 2010, Taylor Swift was Live on Saturday Night in 2009 and Elvis Presley recorded his first session in Nashville back in 1956.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 10 January, 2011...
On New Year’s Eve, an 18-year-old Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby, after she had just lost her husband to cancer on Christmas day. Now, John Rich of Big and Rich is on a mission to find this young mother and give her some much-needed help.
Josh Turner and John Rich went to the Candidates' Debate on this date in 2008, Chely Wright went to V.P. Dick Cheney's house in 2005 and nearly a decade after it's release, Willie Nelson's Always On My Mind went Platinum in 1991.
Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 07 October, 2011.
In most American cities, it’s been getting harder to sell a house for a few years now — and the buyer’s market can be difficult to navigate even if you’re one of country’s top hitmakers.
That’s the lesson learned by John Rich, who’s taking no chances when it comes to selling his first Nashville residence — which, as luck would have it, sits next door to his current home.