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Credits

Writer: Dana Jennings; Genres: Music, Nonfiction; Publisher: Faber & Faber
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In Sing Me Back Home, Dana Jennings muses on country songs from the golden era of 1950-70 between riffs about growing up amid actual cheatin', drinkin', and poverty.

Non-Rock-Star Moment
A tune by Merle Haggard prompts Jennings to recall Grandpa's explanation for why his outhouse had no door: ''When I'm doin' my business, I like to look at nature.''

Lowdown
Solipsistic at times, but Jennings nails classic country's poetic realism. A-


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