Love, Death and Country Music
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline are among the artists whose songs defined classic country from the '50s through the '70s. The obsessions of their music - drinking, cheating, God and death - are the obsessions of America as a whole, says author Dana Jennings,. The author explains why in a social history called "Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music." This is an encore edition of Soundcheck.
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Yep. The slightly schizophrenic combination of embarrassment and pride in the rural badass certainly ruled my childhood spent part time in rural Maine. I know exactly what this author is talking about.
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