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How many of you have had a one-on-one conversation with Sarah Cannon when she was not in character as Minnie Pearl, like I have? A finer, more compassionate southern lady does not exist, then or now. The Vanderbilt Hospital cancer center bears her name, proudly. Jerry
At some point here, I'm feeling like we should bow to you.
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He was one hell of a song writer too!!! True, dat.
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and his kid don't suck....
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Grandpa Jones was a blood uncle (his mom's brother) of a friend of mine from back in the day and stayed with them at their home several times in his teens.
Said it was surreal getting out of bed in the morning, going down stairs and seeing a table full of country music legends gathered around the breakfast table drinking coffee, talking shop, joking around and teasing one another.
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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and his kid don't suck.... And has a much bigger career than his Dad ever had.
"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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Nothing to add about Burns' documentary, haven't seen it yet.
Just recommending the Country Music Hall of Fame if you're ever in Nashville. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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I watched it all tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it.
They gave Hank a huge chunk of the episode. Sad tale.
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I am enjoying this series.
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I watched it all tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it.
They gave Hank a huge chunk of the episode. Sad tale. It's been enjoyable, despite the obvious political correctness. I do think there was a certain bias against some of the early stars, such as Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner and the Skilletlickers, probably based upon some of their recordings.
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I watched it all tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it.
They gave Hank a huge chunk of the episode. Sad tale. It's been enjoyable, despite the obvious political correctness. I do think there was a certain bias against some of the early stars, such as Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner and the Skilletlickers, probably based upon some of their recordings. The Skilletlickers! I bet I know at least one of the songs you are alluding to.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I was pretty surprised to find out that Hank Williams was only 29 when he died.
Yikes that's some hard living right there.
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I watched it all tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it.
They gave Hank a huge chunk of the episode. Sad tale. It's been enjoyable, despite the obvious political correctness. I do think there was a certain bias against some of the early stars, such as Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner and the Skilletlickers, probably based upon some of their recordings. Did you notice how they just kinda threw Woody Guthrie in there, to sorta suggest the country folks weren’t cool enough to appreciate his commie folk songs???
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I watched it all tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it.
They gave Hank a huge chunk of the episode. Sad tale. It's been enjoyable, despite the obvious political correctness. I do think there was a certain bias against some of the early stars, such as Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner and the Skilletlickers, probably based upon some of their recordings. Did you notice how they just kinda threw Woody Guthrie in there, to sorta suggest the country folks weren’t cool enough to appreciate his commie folk songs??? Think they’ll throw in Pete Seeger later?
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I watched it all tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it.
They gave Hank a huge chunk of the episode. Sad tale. It's been enjoyable, despite the obvious political correctness. I do think there was a certain bias against some of the early stars, such as Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner and the Skilletlickers, probably based upon some of their recordings. The Skilletlickers! I bet I know at least one of the songs you are alluding to. Run, Niqqer, Run.....that's one of them.
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That’s the very one I was thinking of.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I finally sat down after lunch and finished watching the rest of segment 3. That was the best one so far. Of course, it centered on Hank Williams and rightfully so. The man was a genius as far as songwriting was concerned. I've always been a fan of his music. It's amazing to think about the number of the greatest country stars that that era produced.
I'm hoping tonight's segment will just as good, because Patsy Cline, the best female country artist ever will be on. To me, the era of the late 40's through the 70's was when country music was the best. Actually, there's not much recorded after 1970 that I care to listen to.
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The 40's through the 70's was the Golden Age. And then came, Billy Ray Cyrus. Once upon a time I thought he was bad. And now, country mixed with rap. Today, a complete garbage dump, country music.
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We have a bunch of Skilletlickers on this forum, sorry, pot lickin hounds.
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