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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

From Banjos to Big Time, Country Music's Growth-- Part 2: Outlaw Music

1966:  CHARLEY PRIDE, the first black country superstar, hits the charts.

1969-1971  Buck Owens and Roy Clark (with those great sideburns) host country music/comedy show HEE-HAW, a nationwide TV hit.

1973  OUTLAW MOVEMENT [Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and crew] hits its stride.

1986  DOLLYWOOD:  A Tennessee theme park gets a new name after Dolly Parton.  The park gets some 3 million visitors a year who get a slice of country life and lots of country music.  Puts Sevierville and Pigeon Forge on the map.

1989  Enter GARTH BROOKS, the No.-selling solo artist (in any genre) of all time.

"Where oh Where, Are You Tonight?"  --RoadDog


MORE GOOD QUOTES:  If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment.  The lietrature was full of examples that said you can't do this."  SPENCER SILVER on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M's "Post-It" Notepads.

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