You know, Country & Western!
This ain't your Dad's country music. It's your Granddad's! None of that new Nashville bullshit either. This is where you'll find what I consider the best in Country (Classic and Alt), Folk, and Americana.
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Twang/Twinge of Love
That Christmas Spirit
No Permanent Address
No Permanent Address 2
5,000 countryandwestern Fans Can't Be Wrong
Valentine's Day for Lovers
Valentine's Day for Losers
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
You guys must’ve given him a lot of traffic from his Outlaw Country Men set because Joshua Norton emailed to let me know that he made a set of Outlaw Country Ladies.
Porter & Dolly in front of a gallery of Porter & Dolly
Dolly Parton by Jenny Hart
Dolly Parton - Me & Little Andy
Creeeeeeepy.
Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner - Before I Met You
Porter’s rockin’ the “I’ve been sportin’ a pompadour so long but now I’m growing my hair out and don’t know any other way to style it” look. I’ve been there.
Sir Paul & Linda McCartney, Dolly Parton & Porter Wagoner
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$7 for the best seats!
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Dolly and Andy
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Almost missed Dolly’s birthday…Happy 66th!
(via Flavorwire » A Feminist Guide to Country Music)
Country music doesn’t have much of a reputation for sticking its neck out on the gender-equality front. The genre is better known for the sentiments expressed in Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” than for asserting women’s rights. But there are plenty of rock-em sock-em female country artists out there, and plenty of anthems about women fighting back — or just plain fighting — in the country oeuvre. Some, like Loretta Lynn’s “The Pill,” face political issues head on, while others, ranging as far back as the folk tune “Wish I Was A Single Girl Again,” question the value of being hitched up to a man at all. In honor of the one and only Dolly Parton, whose 66th birthday it is today, we present a feminist’s introduction to country songs, after the jump.
“Just Because I’m a Woman” may be the best country answer to slut-shaming on the books. It was apparently Dolly’s response to a conversation she had with her husband about how many lovers they’d had in the past. It’s a pretty simple message, but a powerful one: “My mistakes are no worse than yours, just because I’m a woman.”
Outside the Country Music HOF
Porter & Dolly looking totally boss.
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Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner thank the crowd after winning the Duet Group of the Year at the CMA Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry. Looking on are presenters Roy Clark, left, and Merle Haggard. 10/10/1971.
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