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Dolly Parton, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson: What I Learned About Happiness From Country Music
When I was nine years old, I moved from the swamps of southern Florida to East Tennessee. Even before our relocation, my initiation into the history of country music had been substantial. In 1989, I saw Tammy Wynette in a flea market in southern Florida, …