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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

Tyler Mahan Coe

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR032/PH18 - Glenn

CR032/PH18 - Glenn

Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music

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02/15/22 • 97 min

The end of one story is just the beginning of another.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR031/PH17 - Choices: George Jones' Last Run

CR031/PH17 - Choices: George Jones' Last Run

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02/01/22 • 164 min

At least this whole story has a happy ending, right? Of course, whether or not that's true depends a lot on your personal definitions of both "happy ending" and "whole story" but, either way, today we reach the final chapter of George Jones' life. Don't worry, it'll all be over soon.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR010 - Buck Owens & Don Rich, Part 1: Open Up Your Heart

CR010 - Buck Owens & Don Rich, Part 1: Open Up Your Heart

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12/26/17 • 91 min

Whatever else is true about Buck Owens (and some of it certainly is), he brought hard country music to the world in a time when we desperately needed someone to do that. Sticking to that honky tonk sound from Bakersfield made him a very famous man. Shrewd business practices made him a very rich man. Both of these things made him more than a few enemies. However, all you need to take on the whole world is one true friend and Buck Owens had that friend in Don Rich, his guitarist and right-hand man. Here in the first part of this story, we'll hear how everything came together, all those years ago... This episode is recommended for fans of The Bakersfield Sound, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart, western swing, guitar, David & Goliath stories and the Revisionist History podcast.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR027/PH13 - Billy Sherrill's Nashville Sound

CR027/PH13 - Billy Sherrill's Nashville Sound

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12/07/21 • 167 min

What if the first serious opinions that millions of rock music fans formed about country music were based on a few massive errors which then got passed down to future generations? How long do you think it would take for society to build a fundamentally flawed history of an entire genre on top of such a foundation? Fifty years? Well, that's exactly what happened.

Billy Sherrill's name means nothing to many country music fans. Some recognize it from the album credits of a few of their favorite country artists. Others manage to cast him as an enemy of the genre. But anyone who hears the name Billy Sherrill and thinks anything less than "he's one of the most important producers in the history of Nashville, who made some of the greatest and most influential records of all time in any genre" has not been given enough information about the man or the music. That changes today.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR030/PH16 - Another Lonely Song: The Tammy Wynette & George Richey Story

CR030/PH16 - Another Lonely Song: The Tammy Wynette & George Richey Story

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01/18/22 • 140 min

Oh, you thought Jones had a hard time dealing with George Richey? Imagine being married to the guy. Today we say one of the saddest and most infuriating goodbyes we'll ever have to say, the one we say to Tammy Wynette.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR028/PH14 - Divorce/Death: He Stopped Loving Her Today, The Grand Tour & A Good Year for the Roses
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12/21/21 • 135 min

It's a known fact that "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is the best and saddest country song of all time. But... is it?

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR006 - The Louvin Brothers: Running Wild

CR006 - The Louvin Brothers: Running Wild

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11/28/17 • 98 min

The way Charlie and Ira Louvin could sing together is downright otherworldly. There's even a special term we had to invent for family (it's always/only family) who can sing this way: blood harmony. This episode delves in to exactly what blood harmony is and how the magic of it can't save you from beating the living hell out of each other at every opportunity. Here is the story of two dirt-poor brothers who fought for fifteen years to achieve their lifelong dream and what happened after that. (Hint: it involves whiskey and bullets.) This episode is recommended for fans of: singing, physics, the Radiolab podcast, mandolins and Roy Acuff. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts and, please, share this episode with one person. Find a full transcript of this episode with pictures, as well as a list of every song excerpted in the episode and relevant video clips at: https://cocaineandrhinestones.com/louvin-brothers-running-wild

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR029/PH15 - Hell Stays Open All Night Long: George Jones, Phase III

CR029/PH15 - Hell Stays Open All Night Long: George Jones, Phase III

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01/04/22 • 106 min

Oh, you're back to hear more things that will chill you to the bone? Then we can talk about what George Jones' life was like in the period leading up to and through the biggest hit of his career. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be afraid of a demonic duck or try murdering your best friend to test the existence of God, well, these are questions only George Jones can answer but just asking them makes for one jaw-dropping and heartbreaking story.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR024/PH10 - Stand by Your Man: The Anti-Feminist Manifesto

CR024/PH10 - Stand by Your Man: The Anti-Feminist Manifesto

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10/26/21 • 115 min

Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" is one of the most well-known recordings in the English language. It was also a plastic explosive detonated at a sea change moment in United States politics and culture. Look around. We're still picking up the pieces.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music - CR016/PH02 – Owen Bradley's Nashville Sound

CR016/PH02 – Owen Bradley's Nashville Sound

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05/04/21 • 137 min

What if the first serious books about country music contained a few massive errors which were then repeated by nearly everyone who's since used those books as a source? How long do you think it would take for society to build a fundamentally flawed history of an entire genre on top of such a foundation? Fifty years? Well, that's exactly what happened...

Owen Bradley's name means nothing to many country music fans. Some recognize it from the album credits of a few of their favorite country artists. Others manage to cast him as an enemy of country music. But anyone who hears the name Owen Bradley and thinks anything less than "he's the single most important producer in the history of Nashville, who made some of the greatest and most influential records of all time in any genre" simply has not been given enough information about the man or the music. That changes today.

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Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music currently has 50 episodes available.

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The podcast is about History and Podcasts.

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The episode title 'CR032/PH18 - Glenn' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music is 94 minutes.

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Episodes of Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music are typically released every 7 days.

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The first episode of Cocaine & Rhinestones: The History of Country Music was released on Oct 24, 2017.

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