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Entertainer Died In Hospice CareNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.Wagoner, who had survived an abdominal aneurysm in 2006, was hospitalized again this month and his publicist disclosed he had lung cancer. He died at 8:25 p.m. CDT in a Nashville hospice...
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Country star Porter Wagoner passed away from lung cancer on Sunday. He was 80.Despite an abdominal aneurysm in 2006 Wagoner continued to make music. Earlier this year Wagoner singed to ANTI-Records whose roster also includes Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case and released the Marty Stuart-produced album Wagonmaster. Wagoner also celebrated 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry family this past May, ...
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In his career as a country singer-songwriter Porter Wagoner has launched the career of country music's first lady, Dolly Parton, and inspired young America's new rock hero, Jack White, both musically and fashionably. Wagoner recently celebrated his 80th birthday and 50th year at the Grand Ole Opry, the weekly Saturday night country music radio program from Nashville, Tennessee. But over the wee...
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Porter Wagoner, an enduring country music star of Grand Ole Opry fame, has been hospitalized for an 'undisclosed ailment' and is in serious condition. After checking in earlier this week for observation, his condition has worsened. The 80 year old Wagoner's publicist has refused to give details. In July 2006, the country music star was hospitalized for two weeks after suffering a stomach aneuri...
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This visit to one of the remote suites in the Twilight Zone was fueled by something a little stronger than PBR.
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A used record store isn't just a retail environment, it's an art gallery.I just got back from San Francisco, and after spending an afternoon roaming through the Cartoon Art Museum and MOMA, I spent a little time at another of my favorite exhibitions: the vinyl section on the 3rd floor of Rasputin's. Among the 12" X 12" canvases I acquired:This sterling example of American Realist photography:Th...
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Porter Wagoner, an enduring country music star of Grand Ole Opry fame, has been hospitalized for an 'undisclosed ailment' and is in serious condition. After checking in earlier this week for observation, his condition has worsened. The 80 year old Wagoner's publicist has refused to give details. In July 2006, the country music star was hospitalized for two weeks after suffering a stomach aneuri...
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Country star Porter Wagoner passed away from lung cancer on Sunday. He was 80.Despite an abdominal aneurysm in 2006 Wagoner continued to make music. Earlier this year Wagoner singed to ANTI-Records whose roster also includes Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case and released the Marty Stuart-produced album Wagonmaster. Wagoner also celebrated 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry family this past May, ...
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Entertainer Died In Hospice CareNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Porter Wagoner, the rhinestone-clad Grand Ole Opry star who helped launch the career of Dolly Parton by hiring her as his duet partner, died Sunday. He was 80.Wagoner, who had survived an abdominal aneurysm in 2006, was hospitalized again this month and his publicist disclosed he had lung cancer. He died at 8:25 p.m. CDT in a Nashville hospice...
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Epitaph Records' hip Anti- label will release a new album from country star Porter Wagoner on June 5. The new album is titled Wagonmaster.Wagoner, who introduced Dolly Parton to the world, as photographed by Marty Stuart.Wagoner, a country singer/songwriter who has scored 81 country hits, joins Merle Haggard, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Mavis Staples and Solomon Burke on the label that also release...
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I am again coming out of posting retirement to pay tribute to a fallen legend.The song pretty much says it all...and I think the influence on me is pretty obvious.Chris...can you make one more seat available at that great poker game in the sky with you, Kerouac, Strummer, and Cash...you have room for one more right?Have fun boys....we love you
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| 1 Wagonmaster, Pt. 1 |
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| 2 Be a Little Quieter |
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| 3 Who Knows Right from Wrong |
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| 4 Albert Erving |
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| 5 A Place to Hang My Hat |
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