Welcome!

 Posted by at 1:01 pm on September 11, 2024
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Thank you for visiting Hometown Country Music!

Our unique website and social media accounts are focused on two goals:

  • Keeping fans updated on the latest new music, tours and festivals while honoring the past of Country Music
  • Providing hometown artists a platform to get some national exposure alongside today’s stars and legends

We hope you find this to be your #1 destination for all things Country Music, worthy of bookmarking and visiting often.  Please explore our menus to see all that we have to offer and give us a follow on Facebook and Twitter/X.  We are adding and updating content daily!

Thanks for stopping by, we hope to see you again soon!

This Date in Country Music History – February 5th

 Posted by at 7:39 am on February 5, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2024 – Toby Keith died at the age of 62 after a battle with stomach cancer
  • 2024 – Dan + Shay released their single “Bigger Houses”
  • 2021 – Dan + Shay released their single “Glad You Exist”
  • 2019 – Hayes Carll made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2019 – The Zac Brown Band signed with BMG
  • 2018 – Brett Young’s single “In Case You Didn’t Know” was certified triple platinum
  • 2016 – Dan + Shay released their single “From The Ground Up”
  • 2013 – Tim McGraw released his album Two Lanes of Freedom
  • 2005 – Brad Paisley topped the charts with “Mud on the Tires”
  • 2001 – Montgomery Gentry released their single “She Couldn’t Change Me”
  • 2000 – The Dixie Chicks scored a #1 hit with “Cowboy Take Me Away”
  • 1994 – John Michael Montgomery topped the charts for the first of 4 weeks with “I Swear”
  • 1938 – Roy Acuff made his Grand Ole Opry debut

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This Date in Country Music History – February 4th

 Posted by at 7:25 am on February 4, 2026
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This Date in Country Music History

  • 2023 – Hardy scored a #1 album with The Mockingbird & The Crow
  • 2022 – Kylie Frey and Bri Bagwell released their duet cover of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
  • 2020 – Jake Hoot made his Grand Ole Opry debut
  • 2014 – Eric Paslay released his self-titled debut album
  • 2009 – Barbara Mandrell and Roy Clark were named the newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame
  • 2008 – George Strait released his single “I Saw God Today”
  • 2008 – The Lost Trailers released their single “Holler Back”
  • 2003 – Blake Shelton released his album The Dreamer
  • 2002 – George Strait released his single “Living and Living Well”
  • 1999 – Freddy Fender received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • 1995 – Pam Tillis scored her first career #1 hit with “Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)”
  • 1991 – Alabama released their single “Down Home”

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