Remembering one of my favorite songwriters and musicians, Mickey Newbury, born Milton Sims Newbury, Jr. on May 19, 1940, in Houston, Texas - he died on September 29, 2002. Newbury was a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. As a teenager, Newbury sang tenor in a moderately successful vocal group called The Embers. The group opened for several famous performers, such as Sam Cooke and Johnny Cash. Although Newbury tried to make a living from

Remembering one of my favorite songwriters and musicians, Mickey Newbury, born Milton Sims Newbury, Jr. on May 19, 1940, in Houston, Texas - he died on September 29, 2002. Newbury was a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. As a teenager, Newbury sang tenor in a moderately successful vocal group called The Embers. The group opened for several famous performers, such as Sam Cooke and Johnny Cash. Although Newbury tried to make a living from