Tributes

Contributions to Z Barn and additions to our Country Music "Walls of Fame"

Additional photos of donations to the Z Barn walls can be found on our Photo Gallery page.

Country Singers, Songwriters and Personalities We've Lost in 2020

List compiled from internet site "Wide Open Country." Check their site for more information on each artist. We will add to the 2021 and 2022 list later this year.

Chris Darrow (July 30, 1944 - January 15, 2020)

Eddie Setser (1942 - January 17, 2020)

David Olney (March 23, 1948 - January 18, 2020)

Paul English (November 6, 1932 - February 11, 2020)

Lindsey Lagestee (May 17, 1994 - Feb. 17, 2020)

Kenny Rogers (August 21, 1938 - March 20, 2020)

Gary McSpadden (January 26, 1943 - April 15, 2020)

Sage Michael Warren (September 6, 1998 - May 18, 2020)

Jan Howard (March 13, 1929 - March 28, 2020)

Joe Diffie (December 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020)

John Prine (October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020)

Harold Reid (August 21, 1939 - April 24, 2020)

John Lancaster (May 1, 1977 - May 1, 2020)

Cady Groves (July 30, 1989 - May 2, 2020)

Benny Garcia (May 7, 1956 - May 9, 2020)

Jimmy Capps (May 25, 1939 - June 1, 2020)

Larry Johnson (1950 or 1951 - June 12, 2020)

Craig Martin (1967 or 1968 - July 11, 2020)

"Wild Bill" Emerson(May 4, 1938 - June 12, 2020)

Charlie Daniels (October 28, 1936 - July 6, 2020)

Jamie Oldaker (September 5, 1951 - July 16, 2020)

Felix McTeigue (1971 or 1972 - July 24, 2020)

Bill Mack (June 4, 1929 - July 31, 2020)

Justin Townes Earle (January 4, 1982 - August 20, 2020)

Troy Jones (December 30, 1955 - September 11, 2020)

Roy Head (January 9, 1941 - September 21, 2020)

W.S. "Fluke" Holland (April 22, 1935 - September 23, 2020)

William E. ("Bill") McEuen (1941 - September 24, 2020)

Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 - September 29, 2020)

Ray Pennington (December 22, 1933 - October 7, 2020)

Johnny Bush (February 17, 1935 - October 16, 2020)

Margie Bowes (March 18, 1941 - October 22, 2020)

Jerry Jeff Walker (March 16, 1942 - October 23, 2020)

J.T. Corenflos (November 6, 1963 - October 24, 2020)

Billy Joe Shaver (August 16, 1939 - October 28, 2020)

Doug Supernaw (September 26, 1960 - November 13, 2020)

Hal Ketchum (April 9, 1953 - November 23, 2020)

Jimmy Rabbitt (1941 - November 25, 2020)

Aaron Wilburn (July 9, 1950 - November 27, 2020)

Charley Pride (March 18, 1934 - December 12, 2020)

Jimmy Snyder (1934 - Dec. 12, 2020)

Rita Houston (September 28, 1961 -- December 15, 2020)

Carl Mann (August 22, 1942 - December 16, 2020)

K.T. Oslin (May 15, 1942 - December 21, 2020)

Tony Rice (June 8, 1951 - December 25, 2020)

2021 LOSSES:

January 1 - Misty Morgan, 75 American Country singer
January 7 - Jamie O'ara, 70 American Country siger-songwriter ("Grandpa Tell Me Bout the Good Old Days)
January 8 - Ed Bruce, 81, American actor, country singer-songwriter ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and "You're the Best Break This Old Heart
January 12 - Ron Getman, 72, member of The Tractors[119]
January 14 - Larry Willoughby, 73, American country singer-songwriter ("Building Bridges" and "Operator, Operator") and music executive
January 16 - Jason "Rowdy" Cope, 42, guitarist for The Steel Woods.
January 18 - Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer ("Honeycomb" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine") who also charted several country singles.[121]
January 21 - Randy Parton, 67, American country singer-songwriter ("Hold Me Like You Never Had Me" and "Shot Full of Love"), younger brother of Dolly Parton, cancer.[122]
February 3 - Jim Weatherly, 77, songwriter ("Midnight Train to Georgia" and "Someone Else's Star"), natural causes[123]
February 9 - Richie Albright, 81, American drummer (Waymore's Outlaws).[124]
February 10 - Lee Sexton, 92, American banjo player.[125]
March 12 - Scott Whitehead, 61, member of Hometown News (natural causes)[126]
April 14 - Rusty Young, 75, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of American country rock group Poco.[127]
April 23 - Charlie Black, 71, songwriter ("Come Next Monday", "A Little Good News", and "You Lie")[128]
May 2 - Tommy West, 78, American record producer and singer-songwriter, producer of works by Ed Bruce, Jim Croce, Holly Dunn, Anne Murray, and others.[129]
May 19 - Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country singer.[130]
May 22 - Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American singer-songwriter ("Home of the Blues", "Skip a Rope", and "Two Story House").
May 23 - Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American songwriter ("Friends in Low Places" and "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home")[131]
May 29 - B.J. Thomas, 78, American singer who scored country, pop and Christian hits in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s ("Hooked on a Feeling" and "Raindrops Keep Fallin'
July 4 - Sanford Clark, 85, American rockabilly singer (COVID-19).[133]
July 10 - Byron Berline, 77, American fiddler.[134]
August 2 - Clavis Eugene "Gene" Hughey, 80, American bass player (Conway Twitty's Twitty Bird Band) and brother of steel guitar player John Hughey[1]
August 4 - Razzy Bailey, 82, American country singer from 1970s and 1980s who charted five number one singles on the Hot Country Songs chart between 1980 and 1982 ("Friends", "Loving Up a Storm", and "Midnight Hauler").[135]
August 13 - Nanci Griffith, 68, American country folk singer-songwriter ("From a Distance", "Love at the Five and Dime", and "Outbound Plane")
August 20 - Tom T. Hall, 85, American country singer-songwriter ("That's How I Got to Memphis", "Harper Valley PTA", "I Love", "Little Bitty"), suicide.[136]
August 21 - Don Everly, 84, one-half of The Everly Brothers.[137]
August 26 - Kenny Malone, 83, American drummer, COVID-19.[138]
September 12 - Don Maddox, 98, American country singer (Maddox Brothers and Rose).[139]
September 22 - Bob Moore, 88, American Hall of Fame session bassist (The Nashville A-Team) and orchestra leader.[140]
September 23 - Sue Thompson, 96, American pop and country singer ("Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)", "Norman").[141]
September 26 - George Frayne IV, 77, American country singer and keyboardist (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen), cancer.[142]
October 14 - Phil Leadbetter, 59, American bluegrass musician, COVID-19.[143]
October 24 - Sonny Osborne, 83 American banjo player and one half of The Osborne Brothers.[144]
October 26 - Rose Lee Maphis, 98, American singer, pioneer of the Bakersfield sound with husband Joe Maphis.[145]
December 2 - Neil Flanz, 83, Canadian pedal steel guitar player, member Steel Guitar Hall of Fame.[146]
December 4 - Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country singer and Grand Ole Opry member ("Waterloo" and "B.J. the D.J.").[147]
December 10 - Michael Nesmith, 78, American rock (The Monkees) and country rock (First National Band) musician, heart failure.[148]
December 18 - Renée Martel, 74, French Canadian country singer, pneumonia.[149]
December 24 - J. D. Crowe, 84, American banjo player and bluegrass band leader (New South).[150]

2022 LOSSES:

January 11 - Jerry Crutchfield, 87, American record producer (Anne Murray, Lee Greenwood, Tanya Tucker)[130]
January 14 - Dallas Frazier, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Elvira", "Beneath Still Waters" and "There Goes My Everything")[131]
January 15 - Ralph Emery, 88, American disc jockey and television host (Pop! Goes the Country, Nashville Now)[132]
January 30 - Hargus "Pig" Robbins, 84, session pianist[133]
February 17 - Dallas Good, 48, member of Canadian band The Sadies.[134][135]
February 18 - Scotty Wray, former member of The Wrays, brother of Collin Raye, and guitarist for Miranda Lambert.[136]
March 1 - Warner Mack, 86, American country singer-songwriter ("Is It Wrong (For Loving You)", "The Bridge Washed Out").[137]
March 4 - Jimbeau Hinson, 70, American songwriter (stroke)[138]
March 10 - Bobbie Nelson, 91, American pianist and singer; sister of Willie Nelson.[139]
March 11 - Brad Martin, 48, American country singer-songwriter ("Before I Knew Better").[140]
March 12 - Bruce Burch, 69, songwriter ("It's Your Call", "Rumor Has It")[141]
March 24 - Randy Cornor, 67, singer-songwriter ("Sometimes I Talk in My Sleep")[142]
March 26 - Jeff Carson, 58, singer-songwriter ("Not on Your Love", "The Car") (heart attack)[143]
April 1 - C. W. McCall, 93, singer ("Convoy") (cancer)[144]
April 25 - Shane Yellowbird, 42, Canadian country singer[145]
April 30 - Naomi Judd, 76, one-half of The Judds and mother of Wynonna Judd (suicide)[9][146]
May 7 - Mickey Gilley, 86, American country singer-songwriter ("Stand By Me", "Room Full of Roses", "Lonely Nights")[147]
May 23 - Thom Bresh, 74, American singer and guitarist ("Homemade Love") (esophageal cancer)[148]
May 29 - Ronnie Hawkins, 87, American-Canadian rockabilly singer.[149]
June 1 - Deborah McCrary, 67, member of americana/gospel quartet The McCrary Sisters[150]
June 2 - Hal Bynum, 87, American songwriter ("Lucille"), complications from a stroke and Alzheimer's disease.[151]
June 10 - Baxter Black, 77, American cowboy poet and veterinarian.[152]
June 14 - Joel Whitburn, 82, chart historian whose Record Research helped produce books on how songs placed on the Billboard magazine charts, including the Hot Country Songs chart.[153]
June 23 - Bobby Flores, 61, singer, fiddler and record producer (esophageal cancer).[154]
July 27 - John Grenell, 78, New Zealand country singer.[155]
August 8 - Olivia Newton-John, 73, British-Australian country pop singer-songwriter and actress and the only non-American artist to win the CMA Award for Female Vocalist of the Year.[156]
August 26 - Luke Bell, 32, American country musician and singer-songwriter.[157]
September 9 - Herschel Sizemore, 87, American bluegrass mandolinist.[158]
September 21 - Ray Edenton, 95, American guitarist and session musician.[159]
October 4 - Loretta Lynn, 90, American country singer-songwriter ("Coal Miner's Daughter", "Fist City", "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)")[160]
October 6 - Jody Miller, 80, American country singer ("Queen of the House", "There's a Party Goin' On", "He's So Fine")[161]
October 11 - Anita Kerr, 94, American singer, composer, arranger and music producer known for developing the Nashville sound.[162]

Photographs & Trinkets

Contributed by Z Barn Attendees

Many of the pictures and trinkets on our walls have been donated from folks who attend our barn dances.

Acoustic Instruments Collection

Donated by Ed Mullet from Stephentown, NY

Ed has done many acoustic instrument repairs and donated these to Z Barn to hang on our wall....Thanks so much Ed and Donna.

Dedication of the "Manning Stairway to Entertainment"

In the summer of 2020, we were inspired to build this stairway leading from the upper lever to the lower level. Son Randy Marti and I spent about 6 weeks getting the project done from concept to conclusion. We want to thank all those Berlin folks who assisted from donations of time and money to donations of the cement slabs for part of the foundation, and equipment to put slabs in place.

We'd like to thank Frank Mace for helping with the electric to allow us to light the stairway during the evening.

Because of their numerous donations to help with Z Barn activities we've decided to call this the "Manning Stairway to Entertainment" in honor of Fran and Patti Manning.