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and lots of Willie!

Loads of talent but she’s a big time Liberal Commie.

Him too. Dope smoking Liberal Commie.

Emmy Lou was a stone fox in 1975

WHOLLY CHIT, Johnny Rodriquez was a Mesican? LOL!!!

David Allen Coe song lyrics:

“Long before Rodriquez stole that goat”

signature line material there ^^^^


Geno

Haven't had a chance to watch any of it.

Did they play Wild Horses by the Stones?

Any mention of the band "Old and in the Way"? Or was that too "bluegrass" and not enough country.

Dang them protestors all to heck anyway, even the famous musician kind. How dare they have an idea that what was going on just might be wrong?

Geno

Where's Glen Campbell? Did I miss him?

Just the kind of people that Burns and PBS love. That's why Willie, Emmy Lou, and Johnny Cash have received so much mention. Of course, Jones was an alcoholic and a pill popper, along with Hank Williams, but they weren't Commies.

If you've noticed, the more leftist an artist is, the more they have been played up. Which really isn't all that surprising,

Maybe I missed any mention of Country music on TV (Porter Wagoner’s show, Wilburn Bros, Hee Haw, Glen Campbell), or movies (Urban Cowboy, Smoky and the Bandit, Every Which Way But Loose, Bronco Billy, Tender Mercies)....

Eddie Rabbit and Johnny Lee brought in more “crossover appeal” than Emmylou ever did, but weren’t as “cool”...

They showed Glen Campbell last night but spent little or no time talking about him. They had also mentioned Tanya Tucker but didn't spend any time on her career.

Hee Haw and Porter Wagner were covered too.

Think they briefly showed Don Williams' back in one segment? Looked like his hat.

Never went to Armadillo World HQ. Nor any picnics.

Sis was working first aid station at the Willie 4th of July picnic out at Briarcliff by Paleface Park west of Austin 1979(?). Said this chick came in bleeding from her breast like a stuck hog. She got on her boyfriend’s shoulders and took off her halter top. Some drunk biker dude decided to try to bite her nipple off. He almost completed the task. Sis said nipple was just hanging on by a sliver of meat.

However was at the first Luckenbach worlds fair in 73. We had a cannon shoot. I was on the crew of a 3" Rodman gun. Willie and all were there. As well as probably 10,000 people. The dude who did most of the artwork for the underground comics and music posters in Austin then, Tony Bell ( also creator of the Bat boat on the old Batman TV series), was the cannon shoot organizer. Amazing no one died there.

Bell’s likness is forever planted on the Becker (Fredericksburg Tx.) Vinyards "Iconoclast" wine label.

I recognized him by his hat and mentioned that to my wife.

When Ralph Emery had his TV show on TNN, Williams was on one night. Talking about a group of country performers going to entertain QEII and they were told to "dress up" for their performance before the Queen.. Williams wanted to wear his usual outfit. The Queen sent word that she preferred he wear what he wanted to, fine with her.

First time I ever heard Allison Krause and Union Station, was on Emery's show. This may well be the best documentary Burns has ever made?

I have come to the following conclusion that Burns is trying to pass country music off as something other than an invention of Conservative minded White folks.

In the first few segments, he lets us know that if it weren't for Blacks, there would be no country music. In the past couple of segments, he's given the credit to the Nelson-Cash-Dylan, liberal, drug using crowd. Given the politics at PBS, it's not surprising.

Jesus H. Christ. You really don't get out much, do you?

I knew Hank Jr. had that bad cliff fall, but could not figger out why I didn’t remember hearing about it when it happened. Hell, I was in boot camp when it happened. We never heard nothing. Except DI’s yellin’ at us!