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Sammi Smith died yesterday, February 12th of unknown causes in Oklahoma. She had previously been admitted in a hospital the day prior.
The rest of the information hasn't been released to the family yet.
Her funeral hasn't been set yet.

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Tommy Alverson Heroes and Friends	Claude Diamond Diamond Dust	Mark Chesnutt Savin' The Honky Tonk	Amber Digby Music from the Honky Tonks	Kevin Fowler Loose, Loud and Crazy
The Hoyle Brothers Back To The Door	Johnny Bush Honkytonic	Mark Jungers One For The Crow	John England & The Western Swingers Thanks A Lot	The Skeeters Easy For The Takin ' (release date Nov 5)

 Last Week's Chart Toppers!

TCB Top 30 Chart

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Texas Music Chart

1. Miranda Lambert Me & Charlie Talking
2. Pat Green Somewhere Between Texas and Mexico 
3. Randy Rogers Band Tonight’s Not the Night
4. Cooder Graw Lifetime Stand
5. Deryl Dodd Let Me Be

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Americana Music Association Chart

1  Alison Krauss and Union Station -  Lonely Runs Both Ways 
2  Willie Nelson - It Always Will Be 
3  Kasey Chambers - Wayward Angel 
4  Tom Gillam - Shake My Hand
5  Buddy Miller - Universal United House Of Prayer 
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Editorial: Is WSM Living In Its Last Days?

 The State of Country An conversation with Bill C. Malone  Part One  Part Two

NEW EDITORIAL 

Is It Live, Memorex or Pro-Tools?

Call me old fashioned - but one of the lessons I learned when I was young was 'just because you can do something, didn't you mean you should.' Ethics, morals and values were things we were to all weigh in with whenever we make a decision to do something. Or least that's what we were told was the right thing to do - but living in these times where the line between virtual and bona fide reality are blurred beyond recognition, I suppose it's no longer a given. Fuzzy lines and shifting ethical boundaries are now the name of the game.

One of the saddest things to happen in the country music industry recently is the high-tech, low-ethic melding of Anita Cochran and long ago recorded sound clips of the voice of Conway Twitty. The brainstorm came from a conversation producer Jim Ed Norman had with Anita on the phone about what legends she would have liked to record with. I realize the family has given its blessing to the single "I Wanna Hear A Cheatin' Song" but I don't think I'm the only who considers the title slightly more than ironic. Corporate Nashville has already taken the heart and soul out of country music for more than awhile and now they've one-upped themselves and taken the artist out out of the art.  More>>

Just Who Are Some of the Unheralded Women of Country?

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Ricky Traywick and the Jukebox Junkies

Randy Travis fans may recognize Ricky Traywick as Randy's older brother.  Ricky's set to pave his own path with his own brand of  country music - we think you'll be pleasantly surprised.....

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Dale Watson - Don't Call Him Country

Dale Watson released "Dreamland" on Apr 27th on Audium/Koch Records and is making an impact on Radio and Americana charts!

Catching up with Heather Myles
(click on the photo our interview)

Congratulations to E. Sandor You're the lucky winner of an autographed copy of Heather's Highways and Honky Tonks album as well as an autographed 8x10 photo!

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