"A mighty achievement. Thank you." John Lennon "...An astute, fine-tooth-combing through popular music in all its hues and ages." Linda Laban Country music was, originally, home-made music. It described the births, marriages and deaths that happened in every community. It celebrated love, just as it bemoaned the ill-fortune that came to every man or woman. It was music with which all felt they could identify. As such, it occupied a unique place in white culture. The music was not originally manufactured, as in Tin Pan Alley, nor originally sophisticated and this episode describes how a grotesque change came about. Finally, we will be backstage at the Grand Ole Opry during one of its regular nationwide broadcasts, with a blessing to finish from Grand Ole Gospel Time. Палмер Тони