According to a post on his Facebook page, Bush died surrounded by family and friends in San Antonio. Here is the full post. “It is with heavy heart that I make this post. Texas Country Music Hall of ...

Johnny Bush, the country singer-songwriter best known for writing Willie Nelson's hit "Whiskey River," has died. He was 85. Bush's manager confirmed his death to Rolling Stone and his date of death ...

Imagine for a moment if Johnny Bush hadn't enjoyed his own moment of country music stardom in the late 1960s and early 1970s. And imagine if he hadn't endured an unthinkable crisis in which his voice ...

Whiskey River became a trademark song by Bush’s friend Willie Nelson, who still opens his concerts with it. In a 1997 Eagle interview, Bush commented on Nelson’s affection for the song: “It’s kind of ...

Johnny Bush, a Texas singer whose rowdy honky-tonk hit “Whiskey River” became a signature song for his friend Willie Nelson but whose own career was interrupted by a neurological condition that robbed ...

The new album honors national favorites like Tennessee Ernie Ford and Texas gems like Old Moon Mullican. For the first time since his 1994 comeback, Bush also does some self-defining experimentation.

Texas country music great Johnny Bush, who co-wrote “Whiskey River” — the song Willie Nelson has used to open his concerts for decades — died Friday afternoon at age 85. A post to Bush’s official ...

Johnny Bush, a Texas singer whose rowdy honky-tonk hit "Whiskey River" became a signature song for his friend Willie Nelson, but whose own career was interrupted by a neurological condition that ...