This Week In Country Music: August 8 – 14, 2021

Here's a look back at some country music history...

Written by Lorelai Stevens
This Week In Country Music: August 8 – 14, 2021
Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert; Photo by Chris Polk/ACMA2017/Getty Images for ACM

Two years ago in 2019, Jason Aldean earned a platinum single from the RIAA for “Drowns The Whiskey,” featuring Miranda Lambert. Jason talks about picking Miranda for the song.

Back in 2007, 14 years ago, Luke Bryan released his debut album, I’ll Stay Me. Fast forward several years, and Luke is a judge on American Idol along with pop superstar Katy Perry.

24 years ago in 1997, NASA woke up the crew on the Discovery Space Shuttle to Alabama’s “My Home’s In Alabama.” Randy Owen told us how he and his super band picked songs early on.

39 years ago in 1982, T.G. Sheppard’s “War Is Hell (On The Homefront, Too)” was released. T.G. talked with us about the song and how country music could use some more just like it these days.