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Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: lightninboy Date: July 6, 2010, 10:12 pm
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I remember a Reader's Digest story about Merle Haggard about
1973 to 1976. Does anyone know what month of Reader's Digest it
was in?
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Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: #1HagFan Date: July 7, 2010, 6:36 am
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I'm not quite sure. Maybe someone else will know.
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Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: 1haggard Date: July 14, 2010, 9:04 pm
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It was a 4 page feature story published in 1974
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Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: lightninboy Date: August 2, 2010, 7:14 pm
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I think it was a June or July issue.
#Post#: 1851--------------------------------------------------
Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: lightninboy Date: September 15, 2010, 8:46 pm
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The Reader's Digest story said that country songs are typically
about:
1. Slippin' around
2. Drinking
3. Trains
4. Trucks
5. You know what else there is if you know country music
and that the perfect country song would have all of the elements
in it.
This idea was later put into David Allan Coe's "You Never Even
Called Me By My Name" written by Steve Goodman and John Prine.
This idea was also in Country Bull's song "Mama Was a Convict"
in the 1975 movie W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.
#Post#: 1890--------------------------------------------------
Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: lightninboy Date: September 27, 2010, 8:44 pm
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If you ever need to go to the library and get a good humor book
to read, read Bruce Feirstein's "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" and
"Real Men Don't Bond." In the latter book, Bruce tells that real
men listen to country music like Merle Haggard.
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Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: lightninboy Date: November 26, 2010, 5:20 pm
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Brad Paisley sang a song on the CMA Awards "This is Country
Music."
It's like he's been reading my mind.
Come to think of it, it's kind of hard to think of a poor Brad
Paisley song. I guess he deserved getting Entertainer of the
Year.
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Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: #1HagFan Date: November 26, 2010, 7:37 pm
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[quote author=lightninboy link=topic=285.msg2125#msg2125
date=1290813648]
Brad Paisley sang a song on the CMA Awards "This is Country
Music."
It's like he's been reading my mind.
Come to think of it, it's kind of hard to think of a poor Brad
Paisley song. I guess he deserved getting Entertainer of the
Year.
[/quote]
I like several of Brad's songs. He actually sings alot of
Traditional Country.
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Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: lightninboy Date: November 27, 2010, 3:55 pm
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And you've got to give Miranda Lambert some credit for keeping
it country. Loretta Lynn herself said so.
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Re: Reader's Digest story on the Hag in the '70s
By: #1HagFan Date: November 28, 2010, 10:41 am
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[quote author=lightninboy link=topic=285.msg2134#msg2134
date=1290894914]
And you've got to give Miranda Lambert some credit for keeping
it country. Loretta Lynn herself said so.
[/quote]
I agree. Most of todays modern singers don't....also I like
quite a few of Josh Turners songs. Their are only very little
who are keeping it country today.
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