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Chris Willman
Chris Willman is a senior music writer for Entertainment Weekly
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-
Posted May 22, 2008
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