GOOD OL' COUNTRY MUSIC: ADMIT IT. YOU MISS IT

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: May 8, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

When Patsy Cline sang of the kinds of love that make a woman fallin'-to-pieces crazy, country music didn't need a slogan.

When Willie Nelson warned of the red-headed stranger from Blue Rock, Mont., country music didn't need a slogan.

These days, country music needs a slogan.

At least that's the thinking of the folks at the Country Music Association. While hip-hop and teen-pop have prospered, sales for country music, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, have dropped 6 percent in the past five years. All in a twist, the CMA turned to those arbiters of public taste - a ...

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