phil vassar

"I dropped dead," he tells Taste of Country. "I was dead for 30 minutes a couple times. No heartbeat. No heartbeat at all."

If you're drawn to these artists, you may share a zodiac sign with them.

You know "Carlene" and "Just Another Day in Paradise," but did you know Phil Vassar also wrote these country hits for other artists?

Some of the genre's biggest artists will be on hand to celebrate Milsap's incredible career.

"That just kind of came out, and we said, 'Oh, let's write that.' So, we did ..."

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Sure, you know Carrie and Scotty were on American Idol. But can you name the hitmakers who were on Nashville Star?

One of Country music's great piano men is coming back to the Capital Region.

Ok.  Clue #1.  He's had 19 songs on the Billboard Hot Country charts.  Clue #2.  He's the only artist in our genre who's lead instrument is the piano.  Clue #3.  His idea of "Paradise" would be a "Six Pack Summer".  Is that enough?  Duhhh - It's Phil Vassar!

This was a dream - standing behind Phil Vassar's piano right before he went on at Countryfest 2001 (Sean's in the background.  Bethany absent. She was in high school in Florida at the time! )  Ok, that was me -now  let's see if you can find yourselves.  I found 2 crowd shots.

Give up?  Well, you'll probably never guess, so let me tell you. (This is my own analysis, by the way, but stick with me)

Ok - now we're digging deep.  I found some Countryfest shots from ….13 years ago?  Could it be?