WKYO 1360 AM The Saloon
Small-town roots. Country music. Local voices. WKYO is built for the backroads, farms, Main Streets and communities that make Michigan's Thumb home.
MUSIC DISCOVERY
Stories, history & trivia from the music you love
Darius Rucker's first band chapter
Darius Rucker was the lead singer and a guitarist in Hootie & the Blowfish before establishing a solo country career. His move to country brought an already familiar voice into a different radio format.
Source: Grand Ole OpryDottie West hired a teenage Steve Wariner
Dottie West heard Steve Wariner performing in Indianapolis and hired him to play bass when he was 17. Touring with an established country artist became part of his training before his own hit records.
Source: Grand Ole OpryWhere did Red Steagall hear Reba McEntire sing the national anthem?
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Catfish Hunter
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Catfish Hunter
3 p.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 17
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651 State Road, Vassar
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— Loretta Lynn
A different country legend appears as you come back through The Saloon.