Bill Anderson talks to The Boot about the stories he shares in his new autobiography, 'Whisperin' Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life in Country Music'.
Bill Anderson and Jon Randall co-wrote Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss' hit duet "Whiskey Lullaby." The song was released in March of 2004 as the third single off of Paisley's Mud on the Tires album and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been certified double platinum and won Song of the Year at the 2005 CMA Awards. Inside, Anderson tells The Boot how the song came to be.
When Bill Anderson was helping to write the the title track of Jamey's Johnson's fourth studio album, The Guitar Song, he didn't know it, but he was foreshadowing an event in his own future.
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Canada's Craven Country Jamboree is known for bringing some of the biggest stars in country music to their three-day festival, and this year promises to be no exception.
CMA Music Festival is only a few weeks away, and the star power continues to increase. Eight more artists have been added to the lineup, with two acoustic performances included in each of the nightly concerts at Nashville's LP Field.
Lauren Alaina, Kip Moore, Bill Anderson, Love and Theft, Kellie Pickler, Randy Houser, Steel Magnolia and Gwen Sebastian will each perform "unplugged" sets