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 ...

These four Willie Nelson songs sound like he wrote them, but they were actually written by someone else instead.

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 ...

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 ...