John D. Loudermilk performs at the annual Country and Western Festival in London on April 4, 1983. (Peter Kemp / Associated Press) By Associated Press . Sept. 24, 2016 10:35 AM PT .

NEW YORK — John D. Loudermilk, a country singer and prolific songwriter whose dozens of hits in the 1960s and ’70s included “Tobacco Road” by the Nashville Teens, “Then You Can Tell Me ...

John D. Loudermilk, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the author of songs like "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," "Tobacco Road" and "Indian Reservation," has died.

John D. Loudermilk, the man behind classics like Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye, Tobacco Road and Indian Reservation, died on Wednesday (Sept. 21).

Songwriter John D. Loudermilk, who wrote such hits as "Tobacco Road" and "Indian Reservation," has died at 82.

• More photos of Loudermilk “Durham during the ’40s and the ’50s was a kid on a bicycle with shorts and no shoes. And I had the bicycle to beat all bicycles. A yellow bicycle with chrome ...

Embed from Getty ImagesListening to songwriter John D. Loudermilk talk in 2007 about the sources of his inspiration, I entered the world of a down-home mystic with an interest in ...

A Tribute to John D. Loudermilk track listing:. 1. “Everybody Knows,” Harry Stinson 2. “Tobacco Road,” Rodney Crowell 3. “Where Have They Gone,” Emmylou Harris ...

NASHVILLE — John D. Loudermilk, 82, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the author of enduring songs such as Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye, Tobacco Road and Indian Reservation ...

John D. Loudermilk, a prolific Nashville songwriter whose best-known songs, “Tobacco Road” and “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye,” were covered hundreds of times and evoked heartache and a ...

John D. Loudermilk has died. The songwriter penned the classic tunes “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye,” “Tobacco Road,” and “Indian Reservation.” He was 82.