Country Music Resources and Links

MUSIC INSTRUCTION - ROOTS MUSIC:  Red Dog Music Books is an independent music company owned by Larry and Becky McCabe and located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of southern Appalachia.  "Our books focus on the good, non-commercial roots and heritage music that is played at festivals, in small clubs, and on front porches across the U.S.A. and around the world.  We specialize in innovative, high-quality music instruction books, superb customer service, and a direct-from-author discount."

Larry McCabe has published 80 music books, including the Roy Clark Fiddle Magic Method and Roy Clark Bluegrass Banjo Bible, as well as writing columns for Living Blues Magazine and Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine.  Becky has a Master's Degree and years of experience in instructional systems design.
Red Dog Music Books is located in Roanoke, Virginia, USA.  They ship to the US (including APO/FPO), Canada, UK, and many other countries.

INDIE MUSIC:  Bullfrog Music is a great Canadian source for indie artists, including country artists like Codie Prevost, Mark Middler and Darcy Lynne Ward.  The site includes the Bullfrog Blog ("Rants, raves, reviews") and articles on being a better singer.

Indie artists, get your music on Bullfrog!  "Bullfrog brings independent Canadian music artists to the world.  We get you 'out there' and help you sell your CD to an unlimited global audience."  Indie artists can have their albums listed for a one-time fee of $35 per album, plus $4 taken from the price of each item sold.  Go to their Submit Your Music page for complete info.

COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS:  Find country music lyrics and tabs at Cowboy Lyrics.  Country music lyrics, guitar tablature from classic and popular songs, and sheet music, including Alt-Country & americana, folk, bluegrass, poetry, contemporary country, country gospel, cowboy songs, honky-tonk, outlaw & progressive country, traditional country, and western swing.

ONLINE CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC MAGAZINE:  Canadian Country Music Scene promotes and showcases Canadian country music artists, songs, bands, and industry.  Includes sections on Canadian country artists/bands, Canadian country music radio stations, and Canadian country music associations.

HANK WILLIAMS SR.:  The Hank Williams Museum.  Hank's bio, museum tour, shopping, links, and a mailing list.

JOHNNY CASH:  the official Johnny Cash site.  Includes discography, timeline, photo album, and more.  Requires membership, but it appears that membership is free.

MERLE HAGGARD:  the official Merle Haggard site.  Biography, song list, tour info, merchandise, webcasts, fan forum, new and reviews.

FIND LUTHIERS, GUITAR REVIEWS, AND MUSIC INDUSTRY LINKS at Canadian Guitar Players Association.  Canadian event listings, band promotion, and more.  Membership is FREE to dedicated Canadian Guitarists residing in Canada!

MEDIA PRODUCTION AND STOCK PHOTOS:  Dustwood Media offers royalty-free stock photographs, plus media and office services - specializing in Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo, and Pictures2Exe.  
Note: business owner Jeri-Lynn Woods is the wife of Dusty Woods (and the creator and webmaster of Dusty's website).

CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC INFO AND ARTISTS:  Opry North - Canada's #1 stop for all things country!  Opry North promotes Canadian country music and provides exposure for the artists.  Monthly artist profiles and CD giveaways, special contests and comprehensive event coverage, Internet radio show, daily country music charts, weekly country music news.

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