While visiting my folks up in Keene, New Hampshire this weekend, my
dad gave me a 1999 desk calendar he had picked up for $3 at Border's;
published by the good folks at the Country Music Hall fo Fame. All kinds
of useful tidbits lie within, so I'll probably share some of it with the
group from time to time.
Today in history:
In a transformation worthy of Eliza Doolittle, Porter Wagoner - he
of the wagon wheel rhinestone suits - officially went disco on this night
in 1979. Appearing at Nashville's Exit/In nightclub, he performed dance
mix renditions of old counry standards while the colored lights went
crazy. "Country music is actually pretty close to disco or rock," he
told a local reporter. "Hell, you can sing 'Y'all Come' to disco."
--Jon Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wollaston, Massachusetts
