Country Music History January 4

The first Monday of the year.  Are you ready to face it or are you still in party mode?

Grand Ole Opry member, Patty Loveless, was born January 4, 1957 in Kentucky.

"Strawberry Wine" singer, Deana Carter, was also born January 4 in 1966 in Nashville.

Prior to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena in 2006, LeAnn Rimes sang the national anthem.   Big and Rich performed during a pre-game tailgate party.  The Texas Longhorns beat USA Trojans 41-38.

And in 1953, more than twenty-thousand mourners flocked to Hank Williams funeral in Montgomery, Alabama.  Williams died in the back seat of a vehicle on route to a performance on January 1.