Layoffs Hit Country Music Industry
By Jim Patterson
Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, February 24, 1999; 2:41 a.m. EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- As Shania Twain waited to see how many Grammys
she would win tonight, some of her country music colleagues were in a far
less glamorous situation:
ALMO closed its Nashville office. Gillian is and always was handled out of
the LA office.
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From: "Shane S. Rhyne" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "passenger side" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Almo Sounds (Was: Clip: Layoffs Hit Country Music Industry)
Date: Thu, Feb 25, 1
In a message dated 2/25/99 5:00:28 PM Central Standard Time, rhyne@east-
tennessee-history.org writes:
Did I miss something? When did Almo Sounds close up? Isn't that Gillian
Welch's label? Weren't they recently also mentioned on P2 as organizers of
some sort of tribute album?
The Nashville
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Merle Haggard may have summed up the
current state of country music with a line from a 1982 hit: ``Are
the good times really over for good?''
Layoffs have hit the country music industry.
