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-=> MIKE POWELL wrote to FINNIGANN <=-

 >  > A good example would be Charlie Pride. One look at him and a person
idn't
 >  > think of him as a country singer, but he was one of the top country
singers

 >  > of his time....

 >  MP> I don't know anyone who didn't think of him as a country singer, and
 >  MP> living where I do, I know a lot of country fans.  

 > But I bet alot of folks were surprised to find out that he was black, I
 > was.

 MP> I always knew he was black.  With shows like "Hee-Haw" on
back then,
 MP> and his pictures on the front of his albums, etc., it was sort of hard
 MP> to miss.
               

Back then, I was a Rock and Roll snob. I heard Charlie Pride long before
I ever saw him.

[I have since learned the error of my ways. I listen first and then
decide]




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