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I know they'll tell about the night I died

GrahamVM — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:30:48 -0800

Slim Dusty - Australian country music icon - passes on. You know him - "There's nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear, than to stand in the bar of the pub with no beer."

Goodbye Mr. Cash

SuzySmith — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:20:28 -0800

The man in black is no more. Johnny Cash passes away from diabetes complications early this morning.

Johnny PayCheck, R.I.P.

Carlos Quevedo — Fri, 21 Feb 2003 01:44:31 -0800

Take this life and shove it: So goodbye then, Johnny PayCheck. Even the very British and conservative Daily Telegraph honoured you today with an affectionate obituary [Reg. required: full text inside.] I wonder how many unrepentant rebel-singin', cocaine-sniffin', bar-brawlin', hard-drinkin', good-lovin', corn-munchin' musicians there are left. And whether any of the young 'uns today will be able to keep up, livin' the life, as long as you did. Even though you too eventually succumbed to preaching against drink and drugs. I suspect most of the new generation will become health freaks by the time they hit forty and that you, Sir, were one of a dying breed.

liam — Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:22:35 -0800

Harlan Howard is dead. The greatest American country songwriter outside of Hank Williams and Merle Haggard wrote more than four thousand songs, including Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces" and Buck Owens' "Tiger By The tail", but "God May Forgive You (But I Won't)", performed by Rosie Flores and Iris Dement, is the one that turned me on. Known as the Dean of Nashville songwriters, Harlan had a permanently reserved barstool, and plenty of tips for aspiring songwriters, one of which was "country music is three chords and the truth". Old stool.

BarneyFifesBullet — Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:51:31 -0800

Country Great Waylon Jennings Dead Well, there aren't too many outlaws left.