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Pádraig Collins
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Username: Pádraig_collins

Post Number: 9211
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2020 - 07:13 am:   

His music is mostly not my cup of tea, but it does seem like the passing of an era of country music.
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 4352
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 07:38 pm:   

He's not my cup of tea either. But he did have his moments. There's always this devastating song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChPI5pA et8

I've long considered it one of the greatest American songs of its year. The male possessive rage is not permissible in this era but it's raw and honest. And quite a vignette of the Vietnam War.

And this southern rock number is how I first heard of him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AULOC--q UOI
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 9223
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, March 27, 2020 - 08:27 am:   

Those are the two I got Alexa to play for me, Randy. Great minds etc.

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