King of Country Music Roy Acuff, left, and wife Mildred shares a moment with Mickey Newbury, the writer of "Sweet Memories," during the annual ASCAP Awards Gala at the Opryland Hotel Oct. 10, 1979.

Mickey Newbury, part of a wave of Texas musicians whose literate songwriting helped change country music in the 1960s, has died. He was 62. Newbury, best known for “An American Trilogy,” his ...

Mickey Newbury, part of a wave of Texas musicians whose literate songwriting helped change country music in the 1960s, has died. He was 62. Mr. Newbury, best-known for “An American Trilogy,” an ...

This cover image released by Scarlet Letter Records shows "The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury" by Gretchen Peters. ( Scarlet Letter Records via AP) Gretchen Peters, “The Night ...

Songwriter Gretchen Peters, whose formidable catalog includes Martina McBride’s “Independence Day,” pays homage to one of her songwriting heroes with the forthcoming album The Night You Wrote That ...

When Mickey Newbury’s name comes up, you, even as a songwriter or a fan of songs, may say, “Who?” Because even though he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 1980, he wasn’t ...

In 2012, after 16 splendid years in Middle Tennessee, I returned to my Oregon roots to keep an eye on my aging parents. Since then, one particular query has been oft repeated, usually going something ...

Songwriter Gretchen Peters pays homage to another classic songwriter on her tribute album to Mickey Newbury. By Melinda Newman As the writer of such monumental country songs as “Independence Day,” ...

Gretchen Peters, “The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury” (Scarlet Letter Records) It took Gretchen Peters years to complete her album dedicated to Mickey Newbury’s rich catalog, a ...

Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of "What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should)." Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter. Perhaps you remember a line from ...

In the early 1970s Elvis Presley spiced up his Las Vegas setlist with “American Trilogy”, a medley mixing a civil rights standard and two opposing Civil War anthems, which the King cribbed from Texan ...