Authors: Rich Kienzle
The Grand Tour (30 page)
George and Nancy at his eightieth birthday party, September 13, 2011.
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The shrine at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville.
Courtesy of George Fletcher
The marker.
Courtesy of George Fletcher
Veteran country music critic, journalist, and historian
RICH KIENZLE
is the author of
Southwest Shuffle:
Pioneers of Honky-Tonk, Western Swing, and Country
Jazz
and
Great Guitarists: The Most Influential
Players in Blues, Country Music, Jazz and Rock.
A contributing editor and columnist at
Country Music
magazine for nearly twenty-five years, he also edited their history publication
The Journal.
He was formerly a contributing editor at
No Depression
and
Guitar
World
and is now a regular contributor to
Vintage
Guitar Magazine.
His work has appeared in
Fretboard
Journal, Guitar Player, Request, The Journal of Country Music
and the
Austin American-Statesman.
The author of liner notes for almost four hundred reissue albums, Kienzle is among the few country journalists profiled in
The Grove Dictionary of American Music.
He received the International Country Music Conference's Charlie Lamb Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism in 2012.
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THE GRAND TOUR.
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