Country Music Memories: Tammy Wynette Reportedly Abducted kxrb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kxrb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On Oct. 4, 1978, Tammy Wynette was reportedly abducted from the parking lot of the Cain-Sloan Department Store in the Nashville neighborhood of Green Hills.
Cork s Greatest Records: Conal Ó Gráda and his influential 1990 album, The Top of Coom
The Ballincollig man drew heavily on Cúil Aodha influences for a record named after the highest pub in Ireland
Conal Ó Gráda recorded The Top of Coom over five days at Tadhg Kelleher’s Sulán Studios in Baile Mhúirne.
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Irish traditional musicians take many winding roads to learning, but picking up tunes from a whistle-player who is steering a car with his elbows is a route less travelled now than it might have been in the 1970s.
Bill McEvoy, the Laois man who championed Comhaltas in USA
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The death took place on Wednesday, November 25 at his home in Long Island, USA, of one of the most prominent and popular Laois people of his generation, Bill McEvoy.
A native of Kilcoke, Ballybrophy, Co. Laois, he would have been 98-years old in the coming January.
Though the years had slowed him down physically, he still retained his acute sharpness of mind, the great eye for detail, his gentle humour and the ability to tell a good story right up until the end. A proud Laoisman, his whole life has centred on music, all things Irish and the GAA, especially hurling.