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Son of country music legend who suffered stroke on stage updates fans
Son of country music legend who suffered stroke on stage updates fans

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time11-07-2025

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Son of country music legend who suffered stroke on stage updates fans

Ronnie McDowell is 'doing great' nearly three weeks after the country music legend had a stroke on stage, his son said. 'Well folks, I thought it was time to give you another Dad update after today's appointment,' Ronnie McDowell Jr. wrote in a Facebook post on Monday, July 7. 'There's really not a whole lot to report as of yet. I've spoken to dad a few times today and he sounds great!' Ronnie McDowell, 75, had a consultation with a vascular surgeon who then set him up with a neurosurgeon for July 14. 'That will be the day that we have more to report and pray we have a surgery date to report by then,' Ronnie Jr. said. 'This will be to address the blockage in his carotid artery, that caused the stroke. Other than that, he's sounding great and he's doing great, so please keep the prayers coming!' Ronnie Jr. added that his father has 'been a trooper' and ensured that he will get 'the best care there is.' He also promised to keep people updated on his father's progress. 'Thanks Ronnie Dean for the update,' one Facebook comment reads. 'Keeping your Dad and family in my prayers!!! Sending love to all of you.' Another user wrote, 'Prayers for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery.' Ronnie was released from the hospital Monday, June 23 after he began to slur his words and started 'not making sense' after a few songs while he was performing at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley, Pennsylvania the Saturday before, WKRN reported. A tour manager told the outlet the singer thought he had a stroke. He was then brought to a hospital in Reading for treatment. 'I know you're all concerned. I promise — no one is more worried than I am," Ronnie's other son Tyler wrote in a Facebook post on June 21. 'Please understand, this is an incredibly stressful time, and right now, my focus is on my Dad. If there's anything that needs to be shared, I promise — we will." On Sunday, June 22, Tyler revealed his father underwent an MRI and that he and his brother spent the day with Ronnie in the hospital. Ronnie Jr. said his father was discharged the next day. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, June 25, Ronnie Jr. said his father was 'doing much better.' Ronnie Jr. last updated fans on Thursday, July 3, saying he was 'proud of him for taking a few days off from touring to recoup' ahead of his consultation. 'This morning while Dana, Payton and I were having our morning coffee, we called Dad to check up on him and the first thing he did was answer the phone in his Porky Pig Voice,' Ronnie Jr. wrote in a Facebook post. 'He then began to tell us some jokes. I told Dana 'Yep, that's my Dad. He sounds like Dad again'.... Thank you all again, and many more times after this for all of your Thoughts and Prayers.' With a career spanning nearly five decades, Ronnie has charted more than 30 top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts. Two of his singles — 'Older Women' and 'You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation' — reached were No. 1 hits. Country icon, 86, suffers heart attack after coming out of retirement '90s country star says what she had to 'let go of' after coming out as gay Support surges for country music legend who suffered stroke on stage Country star skewered by fans after calling out revered album: 'It just ain't country' Move over 'Brat summer': Old Dominion hopes to make 2025 a 'Barbara summer' Read the original article on MassLive.

Support surges for country music legend who suffered stroke on stage
Support surges for country music legend who suffered stroke on stage

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time08-07-2025

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Support surges for country music legend who suffered stroke on stage

Ronnie McDowell is feeling the love from his fans as the legendary country artist awaits surgery after having a stroke on stage. McDowell's son, Ronnie Jr., shared a heartwarming update from his father on Facebook Tuesday, June 1. 'My Dad called me last night and said, 'well Son, I think that I just picked up the most mail that I've ever received,'' he wrote, alongside a picture of his father in front of a spread of letters. 'He wanted me to thank you all. I could just hear this happiness in his voice,' Ronnie Jr. continued. 'Thank you all for always making my Legendary Dad feel So Special and Appreciated.' The comments section of the post was filled with even more supportive messages from fans, including, 'you are loved by many,' and 'he is probably the most loved entertainer alive.' McDowell was released from the hospital Monday, June 23 after he began to slur his words and started 'not making sense' after a few songs while he was performing at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley, Pennsylvania the Saturday before, WKRN reported. A tour manager told the outlet that McDowell reportedly thought he might have had a stroke. He was then brought to a hospital in Reading for treatment. 'I know you're all concerned. I promise — no one is more worried than I am," McDowell's other son Tyler wrote in a Facebook post on June 21. 'Please understand, this is an incredibly stressful time, and right now, my focus is on my Dad. If there's anything that needs to be shared, I promise — we will." On Sunday, June 22, Tyler revealed his father underwent an MRI and that he and his brother spent the day with Ronnie in the hospital. Ronnie Jr. said his father was discharged on Monday. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, June 25, Ronnie Jr. said his father was 'doing much better.' 'He went to the doctor yesterday and they are retrieving all of his records from the Reading Hospital. They will be setting up his surgery shortly,' he wrote. 'As of yesterday he was still showing some signs of the stroke but I spoke with his nurse and they said that it was completely normal. It could go away within a day or a few months, but there is no long term damage (Thank You Jesus).' Ronnie Jr. also thanked the entire staff at Reading Hospital for their help, calling them 'some of the nicest people that we could have ever encountered during this trying time.' He promised to post updates about his father's surgery. 'Hopefully we will have a Surgery date soon,' Ronnie Jr. wrote Tuesday. 'We will keep you all posted as soon as we know.' With a career spanning nearly five decades, Ronnie McDowell has charted more than 30 top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts. Two of his singles — 'Older Women' and 'You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation' — reached were No. 1 hits. Country star skewered by fans after calling out revered album: 'It just ain't country' Move over 'Brat summer': Old Dominion hopes to make 2025 a 'Barbara summer' Country singer who rejected usual treatment says he's 'whipping cancer's ass' Country music star 'doing much better' after having stroke on stage Country music star falls off stage with beer in hand, keeps on singing Read the original article on MassLive.

80s country music icon to have surgery after being rushed to the hospital over onstage stroke
80s country music icon to have surgery after being rushed to the hospital over onstage stroke

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time03-07-2025

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80s country music icon to have surgery after being rushed to the hospital over onstage stroke

Country music star Ronnie McDowell, the crooner behind the 1980s hits Older Women and You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation, has shed light on his recent health crisis. The 75-year-old was performing onstage in Pennsylvania the Saturday before last when his words started to become incomprehensible. His son Ronnie Jr. quickly took him off to the side, whereupon McDowell informed him that he suspected he had suffered a stroke. That Sunday morning, he underwent testing at a hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania, and by Monday the singer was discharged. McDowell himself then broke his silence on the incident in a Facebook video of him taking a two-mile walk - just five days after his medical emergency. 'Yes, I had a stroke,' he confirmed for fans, indicating he would have to undergo an operation to 'get all this plaque cleared out here in my jugular.' He reassured fans that he was 'doing my two-mile walk,' adding that he would still play his scheduled concert in Dry Ridge, Kentucky that Saturday night. McDowell suffered the stroke three or four songs into his set at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley, Pennsylvania on Saturday, June 21. The problem became evident when the singer began 'not making sense' and slurring his words, his tour manager told Nashville's WKRN News 2. According to the tour manager, he brought McDowell aside and asked if he felt all right, to which McDowell said: 'No,' sharing his suspicion that he had had a stroke. The next day, his son Tyler Dean McDowell confirmed on Facebook that he and his brother Ronnie Jr. were at the hospital with their father, who was awake and 'talking to us' as they waited for an MRI to be performed. One day later, on Monday June 23, Ronnie Jr. shared that his father was being discharged and was in 'good spirits' after his 'mini-stroke,' also via Facebook. Ronnie Jr., a musician who joined his father on tour, shared: 'I knew something wasn't right as I had his vocals in my in ear monitor and I could hear him slurring his words and forgetting the words to his songs that he has sang for many years.' McDowell's son then 'took my Dad off side stage to ask him how he was feeling. He told me that he wasn't ok, and thats not how my strong Dad talks, he said that he thought that he might be having a stroke,' he recalled. 'I immediately took him to the Sprinter for him to cool off. I asked the incredible promoter to bring over an EMT. He was incredibly helpful. He and I agreed that Dad was having a stroke by his actions,' Ronnie Jr. continued. 'I immediately had our friend Diana call an ambulance. They took him to the Reading hospital. I will say this, that every single person at the hospital was so incredibly nice and helpful. The Doctors told him that he will need surgery in the next few weeks.' Ronnie Jr. noted that medical staff 'do want him to take it easy but they said that he can perform and workout in the next few days. He was so happy about that. When he got out, he wanted to go to his favorite Italian restaurant.' McDowell became a star in 1977 with his song The King is Gone, a tribute to his idol Elvis Presley, who had died that year of heart failure after years of drug abuse. Through the 1980s, McDowell landed two number one country singles - Older Women and You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation - as well as a number of other successful songs like All Tied Up, In a New York Minute and Watchin' Girls Go By. He sang duets with titans of the country music sphere, such as It's Only Make Believe with Conway Twitty and You're Never Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll with Jerry Lee Lewis. As recently as 2023, his voice was included on Dolly Parton's track I Dreamed About Elvis along with those of the old vocal quartet the Jordanaires, which had been active from 1948 until the death of one of its members in 2013. McDowell's long association with Elvis Presley spread to the screen, where he provided the singing voice for Kurt Russell to lip-sync to in the 1979 TV movie Elvis, as well as for Don Johnson in the 1981 TV movie Elvis and the Beauty Queen and for Michael St. Gerard on the 1990 miniseries Elvis.

Surgery planned for country music star after having stroke on stage
Surgery planned for country music star after having stroke on stage

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time02-07-2025

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Surgery planned for country music star after having stroke on stage

Although the country music star is bouncing back after having an apparent stroke while performing, Ronnie McDowell is expected to undergo surgery. The incident happened last week when McDowell began slurring his words and started 'making no sense' after a few songs while he was performing at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley, Pennsylvania Saturday, WKRN reported. A tour manager told the outlet that McDowell reportedly thought he might have had a stroke. He was then brought to a hospital in Reading for treatment. Last week, Tyler McDowell revealed his father underwent an MRI and that he and his brother spent the day with Ronnie in the hospital. Ronnie Jr. said his father was discharged the following day. 'We will keep y'all updated on a surgery date and let everyone know how he does. Dad is a trooper and is bouncing back,' Ronnie Jr. said. 'But until the surgery, we want him to pace himself, which is very difficult for my Dad, as most of you know lol. Keep those prayers coming!' Bookstore Crawl supports Western Massachusetts' independent shops Clothing maker sues Costco, saying company is selling cheap knockoffs of its apparel Western Mass. construction company lays off over 200 amid uncertainty over tariffs Boston-area pharma company to lay off entire 300-person staff after sale Can A.I. help whip you into shape? Read the original article on MassLive.

Morgan Wallen, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift & More Artists With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart: Full List
Morgan Wallen, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift & More Artists With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart: Full List

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time30-06-2025

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Morgan Wallen, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift & More Artists With Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums Chart: Full List

Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem leads Billboard's Top Country Albums chart (dated June 28) for a fifth week. This ups Wallen's career tally of weeks at No. 1 to 191. That allows him to extend his lead as the artist with the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart's 61-year history. More from Billboard Parker McCollum on Making His Rawest Record Yet: 'It Was the Album You Always Wondered If You Were Good Enough To Make' Going 'Deep': Prince Royce Dives to No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart Country Singer Ronnie McDowell Rushed to Hospital After Onstage Medical Incident Wallen's achievement is especially impressive because he has amassed this hefty total of weeks at No. 1 in such a short amount of time. He first topped the chart on Aug. 15, 2020. Top Country Albums originated as Hot Country Albums in the Jan. 11, 1964 issue of Billboard. Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire (The Best of Johnny Cash) headed the inaugural chart. The compilation was well-timed: 'Ring of Fire' had headed Hot Country Songs for seven weeks the previous summer and had crossed over to reach the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The chart was named Hot Country LP's from 1968 to 1984, when vinyl LPs were king. Twenty-one artists have logged 50 or more weeks at No. 1 on Top Country Albums. Male solo artists dominate, as you might expect, though three female solo artists have achieved the feat, as have two groups. (One of those groups is an all-female group.) Only one Black artist has amassed 50 or more weeks at No. 1, though that may change as country becomes more inclusive. Here's a look at all artists who have topped Top Country Albums for 50 or more week at No. 1: Oct. 14, 2000 Most recent week at No. 1: May 16, 2020 Longest-running No. 1: When the Sun Goes Down (14 weeks in 2004) Notes: Chesney's tally of No. 1 albums includes two live albums, LIVE: Live Those Songs Again (2006) and Live in No Shoes Nation (2017). First week at No. 1: July 27, 1996 Most recent week at No. 1: Feb. 17, 2001 Longest-running No. 1: Blue (28 weeks in 1996-97) Notes: Rimes' total includes a 1997 compilation of early recordings, Unchained Melody: The Early Years. Rimes was just 14 in February 1997 when she won a Grammy for best new artist. She remains the youngest winner ever in that category. First week at No. 1: Aug. 14, 1965 Most recent week at No. 1: May 4, 1968 Longest-running No. 1: My World (17 weeks in 1965-66) Notes: My World was the first country album to receive a Grammy nod for album of the year. The album included the crossover hit 'Make the World Go Away,' which all but defined the 'countrypolitan' sound. First week at No. 1: Feb. 10, 1968 Most recent week at No. 1: May 7, 1977 Longest-running No. 1: Wichita Lineman (20 weeks in 1968-69) Notes: Wichita Lineman is tied with Johnny Cash at San Quentin for the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 1960s. Campbell's tally of No. 1 albums also includes Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell, a collab with the singer of 'Ode to Billie Joe.' The 1968 album was the first collaborative album to reach No. 1 on the chart. First week at No. 1: Dec. 10, 1966 Most recent week at No. 1: June 20, 2015 Longest-running No. 1: Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) (eight weeks in 1983) Notes: Haggard's tally of No. 1s includes eight albums on which his backing group, The Strangers, was also credited. Hag's tally includes three live albums, Okie From Muskogee (1970), The Fightin' Side of Me (1970)and I Love Dixie Blues … So I Recorded 'Live' in New Orleans (1973). It also includes two collabs with Willie Nelson, Pancho & Lefty and Django and Jimmie (2015).First week at No. 1: Jan. 11, 1964 Most recent week at No. 1: April 12, 2014 Longest-running No. 1: Johnny Cash at San Quentin (20 weeks in 1969) Notes: Cash's No. 1 albums spanned more than 50 years. Johnny Cash at San Quentin (which received a Grammy nod for album of the year) has had the longest run at No. 1 of any live album. It is also tied with Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman as the longest-running No. 1 album of the 1960s. Cash also reached No. 1 with two other live albums – Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and The Johnny Cash Show (1970), which was recorded at the Grand Ole Opry. He also topped the chart with a 1985 collab LP with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson and with two posthumous albums – American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) and Out Among the Stars (2014). First week at No. 1: Jan. 25, 1964 Most recent week at No. 1: April 20, 1968 Longest-running No. 1: I've Got a Tiger by the Tail (15 weeks in 1965) Notes: Owens' first No. 1 album, Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins (1964), was a tribute album to the singer/songwriter whose biggest hits included 'You Better Not Do That' and 'If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl.' Owens' tally of No. 1 albums includes two live albums, Carnegie Hall Concert (1966) and Buck Owens and His Buckaroos in Japan! (1967). First week at No. 1: Feb. 18, 1984 Most recent week at No. 1: April 13, 2019 Longest-running No. 1s: Ocean Front Property (six weeks in 1987) and Carrying Your Love With Me (six weeks in 1997) Notes: Strait made this list the hard way – without a single album that logged more than six weeks at No. 1. Strait's tally of No. 1 albums includes the 1992 soundtrack to Pure Country, in which he starred. First week at No. 1: Jan. 30, 1999 Most recent week at No. 1: Aug. 8, 2020 Longest-running No. 1: Fly (36 weeks in 1999-2000) Notes: The Chicks, formerly Dixie Chicks, are the second-highest ranking group on this list. Three of the group's No. 1 albums – Fly, Home and Taking the Long Way – received Grammy nods for album of the year. The latter album won the award. The group's most recent No. 1 album, Gaslighter, was bumped from the top spot by the debut album by a promising newcomer named Morgan Wallen. First week at No. 1: Sept. 6, 1975 Most recent week at No. 1: June 14, 1986 Longest-running No. 1: Greatest Hits (16 weeks in 1979) Notes: Jennings' tally of No. 1 albums includes three collabs with Nelson – one just with Nelson; one that also included Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser; and one that included Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson as well. His tally also includes a 1976 live album, Waylon week at No. 1: April 9, 1994 Most recent week at No. 1: Sept. 5, 2020 Longest-running No. 1: Not a Moment Too Soon (29 weeks in 1994) Notes: McGraw's tally includes a 2017 collab with his wife, Faith Hill, The Rest of Our Life. That title should probably be The Rest of Our Lives, but we're not going to correct the grammar of someone who has logged 76 weeks at No. 1. First week at No. 1: Aug. 9, 1986 Most recent week at No. 1: Nov. 24, 1990 Longest-running No. 1: Always & Forever (43 weeks in 1987-88) Notes: Always & Forever had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 1980s. First week at No. 1: May 18, 1968 Most recent week at No. 1: May 17, 1980 Longest-running No. 1s: Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs (16 weeks in 1972) and The Best of Charley Pride, Volume 2 (16 weeks in 1972). Notes: The albums referenced above were No. 1 back-to-back and spent a combined total of 32 consecutive weeks at No. 1. Now, that's what you call dominating a chart. Both albums contained Pride's signature song, 'Kiss an Angel Good Mornin.'' Pride's final No. 1 album, There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me (1980), was a tribute to Hank Williams. Pride is the only Black artist on this list so far. First week at No. 1: June 24, 2017 Most recent week at No. 1: July 9, 2022 Longest-running No. 1: This One's for You (50 weeks in 2017-18) Notes: This One's for You had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the week at No. 1: July 22, 1995 Most recent week at No. 1: Oct. 21, 2017 Longest-running No. 1: Come on Over (50 weeks in 1997-2000) Notes: Twain is the second-highest ranking female solo artist on this list. Come on Over had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 1990s. The hit-studded blockbuster spent time at No. 1 in four consecutive years – 1997 through 2000. It received a Grammy nod for album of the year, and spawned two song of the year nominees, 'You're Still the One' and 'You've Got a Way.' First week at No. 1: May 21, 1977 Most recent week at No. 1: April 4, 2020 Longest-running No. 1: Kenny (25 weeks in 1979-80) Notes: Kenny, which housed the hit 'You Decorated My Life,' had the longest run at No. 1 of any album in the 1970s. Rogers' tally includes a 1978 collab with Dottie West, Every Time Two Fools Collide, and a 2018 compilation, The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years, which hit No. 1 following his death in March 2020. First week at No. 1: Aug. 4, 2007 Most recent week at No. 1: July 29, 2023? Longest-running No. 1: Fearless (35 weeks in 2008-09) Notes: Swift is the highest-charting female solo artist on this list, which is especially impressive given her mid-career pivot to pop. Her tally includes both the original and Taylor's Version's editions of Fearless, Speak Now and Red. With Fearless, Swift became the youngest Grammy winner for album of the year to that point, a title now held by Billie Eilish. First week at No. 1: Oct. 4, 1975 Most recent week at No. 1: May 20, 2017 Longest-running No. 1: Always on My Mind (22 weeks in 1982) Notes: Nelson's tally includes a collab with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser; another with Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson; another with just Jennings, and two with Haggard. It also includes two live albums, Willie and Family Live (1979) and the Honeysuckle Rose soundtrack (1980).First week at No. 1: May 23, 1981 Most recent week at No. 1: Nov. 11, 2006 Longest-running No. 1s: Feels So Right (28 weeks in 1981-82) and Mountain Music (28 weeks in 1982-83). Notes: Alabama is the highest-ranking group on this list. Feels So Right (in May 1981) was the first No. 1 by a group that wasn't named after its leader. (So, we're discounting Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Sonny James and the Southern Gentlemen and The Charlie Daniels Band.) Alabama's tally of No. 1 albums includes a 1988 live album, Alabama Live. First week at No. 1: Oct. 13, 1990 Most recent week at No. 1: Dec. 23, 2017 Longest-running No. 1: No Fences (41 weeks in 1990-91) Notes: Brooks' tally of No. 1 albums includes a double-disc live album, Double Live (1998); a pair of Christmas albums, Garth Brooks & the Magic of Christmas (1999) and Christmas Together (2016), the latter a collab with his wife, Trisha Yearwood; and a remarkable four box sets – The Limited Series (1998), Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences (2013), The Ultimate Collection (2016) and The Anthology Part I: The First Five Years (2017). First week at No. 1: Aug. 15, 2020 Most recent week at No. 1: June 28, 2025 Longest-running No. 1: Dangerous: The Double Album (97 weeks in 2021-23) Notes: Dangerous: The Double Album had the longest run at No. 1 in the chart's history. One Thing at a Time, which spent 87 weeks at No. 1, is in second place. 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