I'll have to check my dates, but he was just on tv on Letterman, I think it was sometime this summer, within the last 6 months (if memory serves) and he wore the whole rhinestone suit thing. I found it amusing because it just seemed so out-of-place in terms of today's country singers. My Dad was a huge country fan, I grew up hearing all the old-club guys like Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Hee-Haw every Satuday night (that's why I can't stand country music, enough constant exposure to make it unbearable to me). But Dave greeted him warmly after his song. He was certainly one of the legends of country music, I'll give him that.

Saturday nights, early-mid 70s. The killer CBS block of All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart and Carol Burnett. But in my house, the couch potato-ism began even earlier with Hee Haw, Pop Goes the Country and, of course, Porter and Dolly. It was torture for an 8-year-old, but now I look back on it as a fond memory of family togetherness. Thanks Porter!

Here in Central Nebraska, the Porter Wagoner show was a long-time favorite, next to Lawrence Welk and Hee-Haw (especially for the older generation). I never really cared much for Porter's part of the show, but he had a lot of great guests on. The show itself was cheesy and low-budget, but you watched it for the music, and that was usually top-notch.

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