We can't get enough ET at GatorRock. Here's Ernest Tubb and the Texas Troubadours with another version of "Thanks a Lot"... this time in color. | GatorRock

Remembering ERNEST TUBB -- honky-tonk singer-songwriter, movie actor, record retailer, a longtime Grand Ole Opry star, and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Ernest Dale Tubb was born on this date in 1914. He is without question among history's most influential and important Country performers. His hits began in the mid 1940's ... his last Country top40 hit came in 1979. "ET" was loved by his fans, and he returned that love by going on the road with the Texas Troubadours for 150 to 200 sh

"Texas Troubadour" Ernest Tubb was known as the Father of Honky Tonk music. He opened "Ernest Tubb's Record Shop in 1947 and earned a spot on Nashville's Lower Broad. Last night, after 75 years, the shop closed its doors for good with one last Midnite Jamboree. | CBS Sunday Morning