Feminism *and* country music July 17, 2012
Posted by Tomboktu in Culture, Feminism, Music.trackback
The death has been announced of the American Queen of Country, Kitty Wells.
The hit that brought her to the big time in the 1950s was It Wasn’t God Who Made Hony Tonk Angels, which is just one hell of a song title. The song itself was a reply a song by Hank Thompson, Wild Side of Life, and in her rebuke she attacked the view that it was women who are t blame for affairs and marriage breakdowns. Her song was banned, but hit a chord.
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Tip of the hat for commemorating a good musician, and another one for crocodile who noted it on the open thread. I will however admonish the idea that somehow the idea of strong female figures and country music deserves the asterisk as if one has to raise one’s voice an octave in surprise while raising eyebrows in shock when putting the two together. Even a brief passing over of country music can produce a slew of strong matriarchal figures who could be considered ground breaking in many ways.
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For example;
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Or indeed.
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That’s a fairpoint, and I apologise. (I don’t think even the Paschal Mooney defence would hold up. It was just sloppy and wrong.)
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No real harm done. Again fair play for noting her passing.
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Do you know the Laura Cantrell tribute album that I mentioned on the other thread, yourcousin? Well worth checking out, if not.
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Actually if my memory serves me I first checked Cantrell’s stuff out after you put it up on the Rawlings Machine thread, good stuff.
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