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Details Lead Performance: Jean Shepard; Genre: Country

A little woman with a voice the size of Rhode Island, Shepard belted out hard-edged songs about drinking and cheating and setting the menfolk straight. She may be unknown today, but this collection — covering her first 12 years of recording — proves her to be one of country's true treasures. A

Originally posted Dec 01, 1995 Published in issue #303 Dec 01, 1995 Order article reprints

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