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Back to Search6574: Charley Pride Outsold Everyone But Elvis
Episode 6574
I want you to picture this scene, OK. And we were standing inside Olympia Stadium. And it is absolutely packed to the rafters.
After his discharge in…
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6573: Buck Owens and the Bakersfield Sound
Episode 6573
Picture a massive global country music icon, the kind of artist who completely revolutionizes a genre. Right, like someone who racks up 21 number one…
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6572: 6572: Amanda Shires From Pawn Shop to Highwomen - TEST
Episode 6572
So I want you to picture this scene. And there's this 10 -year -old girl wandering around a dusty pawn shop in mineral wells. like a blistering hot s…
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6611: 6611: Why Ralph Stanley Refused to Modernize
Episode 6611
So I want you to just imagine for a second that you are 75 years old. And you've been grounding away, like truly grinding in your chosen profession f…
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Asleep at the Wheel and Western Swing: The Band That Kept a Dying Genre Alive
Episode 6535
Picture a packed venue around 1970, the crowd buzzing for shock-rock pioneer Alice Cooper and blues-rockers Hot Tuna. Then the opening act walks out:…
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Blaze Foley, the Duct Tape Messiah: The Cult Songwriter Country Almost Lost
Episode 6536
It begins in a Texas graveyard, with a casket wrapped entirely in silver duct tape and a small group of ragged mourners. Later, in the dead of night,…
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Charley Crockett and the Cow Valve Heart: The Busker Turned Anti-Industry Country Star
Episode 6537
Charley Crockett learned guitar busking on street corners for survival, going twelve years without really knowing what a chord was. He has a cow valv…
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Dale Watson and the Ameripolitan Rebellion: The Outlaw Who Built His Own Genre
Episode 6538
On the edge of launching his debut, most artists play it safe. Dale Watson did the opposite, taking a loud, public swing at the very center of his ow…
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From Hollywood Extra to Shakey Graves: How Alejandro Rose-Garcia Reinvented Himself
Episode 6539
Before he was Shakey Graves, Alejandro Rose-Garcia was grinding through Hollywood, saying yes to any part on the call sheet. His credits included Pho…
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George Strait Made Nashville Bend: The King of Country They Told to Go Design Cattle Pens
Episode 6540
George Strait has 60 number one hits, more than Michael Jackson or Madonna, and sits behind only Elvis and the Beatles in gold and platinum albums. Y…
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