In a message dated 1/31/99 1:38:07 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< 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."
>>
Yeah, well Scotch tape was invented on this date in 1928, so go figure.
Mitch Matthews
Gravel Train/Sunken Road
np: Gillian Welch "Hell Among the Yearlings"