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Miles Archer

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4. All of that old Grand Ole Opry stuff is hard-wired into my DNA

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 10:43 PM

Apr 2019

Hank Snow, Cowboy Copas, Lefty Frizzell, all of them.

The happiest year of my life was when I worked as a DJ in the coolest honky tonk dive bar you could imagine, playing stuff like this.

It was gutted by the owner and is a marijuana grow facility now.

C'est la vie...life goes on.

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I'm Moving On [View all] kentuck Apr 2019 OP

I thought this was another " goodbye DU" California_Republic Apr 2019 #1

oh memories... handmade34 Apr 2019 #2

That was one of my favorites! kentuck Apr 2019 #3

All of that old Grand Ole Opry stuff is hard-wired into my DNA Miles Archer Apr 2019 #4

After Mahalia Jackson Hank Snow was my favorite singer when I was around three years old. I'm 61 and mulsh Apr 2019 #5