Porter Wagoner’s dazzlingly rhinestone-bedecked Nudie suits weighed an average of 35 pounds each. This is not an insignificant burden for an elderly man—or for a young man, for that matter. Those ...

Eighteen years ago today, a highly influential singer/songwriter and television star who elevated the country music world died in Nashville.

NASHVILLE — Porter Wagoner was known for a string of country hits in the 1960s, perennial appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in his trademark rhinestone suits, and for launching the career of Dolly ...

Porter Wagoner, the blond pompadoured, rhinestone-encrusted personification of Nashville tradition, host of the longest-running country-music variety show in TV history and mentor to Dolly Parton, ...