Love, Death and Country Music

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline are among the artists whose songs defined classic country from the '50s through the '70s. The obsessions of their music - drinking, cheating, God and death - are the obsessions of America as a whole, says author Dana Jennings,. The author explains why in a social history called "Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music." This is an encore edition of Soundcheck.

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