Your Spotify playlist wishes it could time travel this hard.
Music City News was founded in 1963, by country music singer Faron Young. In 1967, the publication began to confer annual awards; in 1978, it began televising them, with the inclusion of artist performances. These awards were not decided by a secretive, politically motivated committee or by an "association," but by fan nominations. Each installment of the Country Legends Live series highlights performances from particular annual awards shows. Country Legends Live, Vol. 7 offers a "best of" the 1992 and 1993 Music City News Songwriter Awards Show. Featured artists in this installment include Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Ricky Van Shelton, Patty Loveless and Billy Dean. Bonus perfomances from Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, Randy Travis and Merle Haggard are included.
Production
Raw 90s broadcast aesthetic with zero pretension.
Acting
Johnny Cash could read a grocery list and devastate you.
Sound
Live vocals before Auto-Tune made cowards of us all.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Music City News awards were radical democracy—fans voted by mail, not industry insiders sipping Nashville champagne.
Faron Young founded the magazine after his own career cooled, essentially building a machine to celebrate the next generation.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
