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Word: rosegarden (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...theory that country music was invented by AM-rock songwriters to make their product sound intelligent by comparison. After all, not even "Jeremiah was a bullfrog..." would find Tammy Wynette a hard act to follow. And if lyrics like "I beg your pardon,/ I never promised you a rosegarden..." wouldn't send you begging for a copy of James Brown's "Hot Pants," it's doubtful that anything would. Good country music has largely been a triumph of performance over material, and there is no question that any first-rate country guitarist, fiddler, or banjo player could put most rock...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Too Easy a Success | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

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