Nashville Or Bust

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  Nashville or Bust Sin, Salvation, the Sacred, and the Sacrilegious: Nashville Or Bust Goes To Nashville

  A two-year tour of country music concludes with a visit to Nashville.

  April 5, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 52: Charley Pride, Mellow Fellow

  The man who broke down barriers. Smoothly.

  January 25, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 51: Johnny Paycheck, job-shover

  Sometimes a singer shouldn’t be judged by his biggest hit.

  January 11, 2011 | 12:28pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 50: Porter Wagoner, Professional Peacock

  He wore colorful suits, sang grim songs, and discovered Dolly Parton, just like a country legend should.

  December 28, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 49: The Avett Brothers, Feelers of Feelings

  They came from North Carolina to break hearts and lift spirits.

  December 14, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 48: Brad Paisley, Guy’s Guy

  Keeping it uncomplicated.

  November 30, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 47: Buck Owens, Baron Of Bakersfield

  He picked, grinned, and created an empire based on hits and questionable business practices.

  November 16, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 46: The Eagles, The Crackers You Love To Hate 

  They took the country out of country-rock, and became millionaires in the process.

  November 2, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 45: Patsy Cline, Chanteuse

  The velveteen heartaches of Patsy Cline.

  October 19, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 44: Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner’s Daughter

  You do not want to mess with Loretta Lynn.

  October 5, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 43: Lyle Lovett's Subtle Charms

  Lyle Lovett quietly demands your attention, please.

  September 21, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 42: Tammy Wynette, The Girl With The Teardrop In Her Voice

  She suffered in songs, and beyond them.

  September 7, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 41: Hank Thompson, Swinger

  He sang about the wild side of life while he tamed Western swing.

  August 24, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 40: The Late, Great Townes Van Zandt

  After you've refused to collaborate with Bob Dylan, what do you do for an encore?

  August 10, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 39: Roy Acuff, King Of Country

  It wasn’t just the music that made him the King Of Country.

  July 27, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 38: Waylon Jennings, Nashville Rebel

  Forever an outlaw.

  July 13, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 37: Robbie Fulks, The Alternative

  Listening to the man who loves country music but has no use for Nashville.

  June 29, 2010 | 12:11pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 36: Ray Stevens, Jester Of The Tea Party Set

  Is there anyone less funny than the king of country comedy?

  June 15, 2010 | 12:05pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 35: The Dilettantes: Ween, Neil Hamburger, Rick Moranis, Elvis Costello, And Ray Charles Go Country

  June 1, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 34: David Allan Coe, The Self-Promoter

  His legend precedes him. Controversy dogs him. So who is David Allan Coe?

  May 18, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 33: Dixie Chicks, Badass Motherfuckers

  How three harmless-looking women became America's most feared and hated country stars.

  May 4, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 32: Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen (with a Silly Little Showbiz Book Club side trip)

  A book about a failed album provides an inroad for looking at a failed crossover country band.

  April 20, 2010 | 1:41pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 31: Toby Keith, American

  The parody patriot behind "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue" isn't such a bad guy after all, except where his corny ballads are concerned.

  April 6, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 30: Dwight Yoakam, Honky-Tonk Man

  Keeping the honky tonks alive with Dwight Yoakam.

  March 23, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 29: Kinky Friedman, The Smartass

  They don't make sadly ironic Jewish cowboy singers-turned-novelists-turned-Texas-politicians like they used to.

  March 9, 2010 | 12:18pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 28: k.d. lang, The Iconoclast

  She goofed on country until it loved her back.

  February 23, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 27: Kris Kristofferson, Silver-Tongued Devil

  Before he was an actor, he launched his country career with four classic albums.

  February 9, 2010 | 12:00pm -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 26: Kitty Wells, Doyenne Of Domestic Drama

  She sang the songs of the women left behind.

  January 26, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 25: Roger Miller, King of the Road/Country’s Class Clown

  Roger Miller: The King Of The Road and points beyond.

  January 12, 2010 | 12:00am -

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  Nashville or Bust Week 24: Gary Stewart, Bard of the Barroom 

  December 1, 2009 | 12:00pm -