If you read that sign, and then went back and read it again, you're not alone. You could literally bet your house that this is a second hand joke passed on while sitting at a bar pounding down a few beers. Someone tells it, another person thinks its funny and then it ends up on the front of a sign for a self storage place in Canton, Maine...
I love country music. I love the stories, the lifestyle and real down home feel of it all. I grew up with it but at the time it was NOT my favorite. My mother played it all the time and it drove me crazy. As I've grown older and have a family of my own my tastes have changed. Today's country is great, for the most part, but if you're a fan of classic country music, Big Country gets even bigger on
On this day in 1975 Conway Twitty had the No.1 song in country music. The song, ‘Touch the Hand’ was co-written by the singer and comes from his album High Priest of Country Music.
No stranger to the top of the charts, Garth Brooks scored his ninth No.1 on this day back in 1992 with ‘The River.’ It was the fifth and final song released from his Ropin’ the Wind album.
Today’s classic country song is ‘Amazed’ by Lonestar. The song reached No.1 on this day in 1999 and spent a staggering eight weeks at the top. Not only did the song top the country charts but a remixed version sat atop the Billboard Hot 100 as well. There wouldn’t be another ‘country’ song to achieve that until thirteen years later when Taylor Swift released ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Toge
Vern Gosdin had the No.1 song in country music on this day back in 1988. ‘Set ‘Em up Joe’ was deemed a tribute to the legendary Ernest Tubb and earned Gosdin his second No.1.
On this day in 1995, Shania Twain began her climb to the top with her first No.1 song, ‘Any Man of Mine.’ It was the second single from her album The Woman in Me, crossed over to the pop charts, and won a slew of awards. The video also started controversy and a bit of a fashion craze for the bare midriff.
George Strait released his album Carrying Your Love with Me back in 1997. In May of that year he released the second single from the album, which was the title cut. On this day in 1997 the song went to No.1.