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RIP Kitty Wells

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Jul 16, 2012.

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  1. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Considered the first female superstar of country music. Dead at 92 from a stroke:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/1st-female-superstar-of-country-music-kitty-wells-dies-in-nashville-at-age-92/2012/07/16/gJQAPGLFpW_story.html

    God must have needed another Honky Tonk Angel ...
     
    Steak Snabler, Jul 16, 2012
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  2. SixToe

    SixToe Well-Known Member

    Does this close the latest "Death in Threes" with Wells, Jon Lord of Deep Purple and actress Celeste Holm, or is the music world still looking for No. 3 and Hollywood on edge for two others?
     
    SixToe, Jul 16, 2012
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  3. Abe Vigoda

    Abe Vigoda Member

    Don't look at me.
     
    Abe Vigoda, Jul 16, 2012
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  4. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    RIP to a true country legend.
    Pretty much every female country artist that hit it big -- Patsy Cline, Loretta, Dolly, God knows anyone today -- followed the trail Kitty Wells blazed.
     
    Shoeless Joe, Jul 16, 2012
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  5. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Back in the day, man ... boing.
     
    Football_Bat, Jul 16, 2012
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  6. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    On a package show in Buffalo, with us and Kitty Wells and Charlie Pride.
    The show was long, and we was just sitting there, and we'd come to play and not just for the ride.
    Well we drank a lot of whiskey, so I don't know if we went on that night at all.
    And they didn't even miss us, I guess Buffalo ain't geared for me & Paul.
     
    Zeke12, Jul 16, 2012
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  7. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member



    Every female singer since then has owed her a debt.
     
    hondo, Jul 16, 2012
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  8. nattering nabob

    nattering nabob Member

    Zeke: That's the first thing I thought of, too. A Willie classic.
     
    nattering nabob, Jul 17, 2012
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  9. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

    A Willie classic?
     
    ifilus, Jul 17, 2012
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  10. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    A legend. RIP.

    Also unique in that she was a token "girl singer" who managed to eclipse the male part of the act, one half of which happened to be her husband, yet he seems to have been fairly content to more or less fade into the background and let her be the star.

    Coincidentally, their son was a regular cast member on "McHale's Navy," and of course Ernest Borgnine also just died.
     
    Double J, Jul 17, 2012
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  11. BNWriter

    BNWriter Active Member



    OK....Now I am really curious: Which McHale's Regular is her son?
     
    BNWriter, Jul 17, 2012
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  12. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    http://jimromenesko.com/2012/07/17/todays-unfortunate-post-it-ad-placement/
     
    Steak Snabler, Jul 17, 2012
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