Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 17:29:55 -0400
From: Unka Bart <mendicant-AT-buddhist.com>
Subject: Re: Shitkickin' music (was Re: scrubs...)


>Andy wrote:
>> I remember [d.o.b. 1953] quite a bit from the 50s, or at least as
>> much as made it over here, and am still a compulsive station
>> hopper, but I don't recall Patsy Montana. When did she plummet from
>> public attention?
>>
>
>	by the time y arrived, Andy, Patsy was pretty much
>retired, although up to a couple years ago she still lived.
>i aint heard about her demise.

Me neither.  She was popular before WWII and into the late 40s.  We have a
great National Public Radio station here and one or two of the old timers
(DJs) like to play the old stuff, so I ocassionally get to hear her sing
again (for some reason, "I want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" seems to be
their favorite also).

Patsy Kline is another great.  Didn't exactly sing cowboy music, more what
I would call "country tourch," sort of an American version of Edith Piaf
(both called in dead some time ago).

B.