The entrancing poetry of “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” caused Hank Williams’ song to cross over from country to mainstream record charts in 1949. This was something new, and, eventually, Nashville began to produce records with that in mind. RCA did away with banjos and cut back on fiddles and twangy slide guitar, and country music, boosted by the swift transition of Elvis Presley and others, became the genre most likely to cross over to pop chart success. More than a half-century later, country music is divided into two lanes, the more traditional and the pop-like. Country radio stations, which proliferate in the long expanses necessary to any car trip through the South, play those traditional drawling tributes to rural life, God, drinking, and chasing women and for some of us, those songs carry negative stereotypes about both the artists and their fans. But there’s more to both the people and the music.

In this fun and informative musical lecture with slides and song lyrics, learn about crossover songs and the artists and sing along with the PinkSlip Duo to familiar crossover pop hits by Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers, Anne Murray, Crystal Gayle, Lady A (Antebellum), Faith Hill, Shania Twain, Darius Rucker, the (Dixie) Chicks, Taylor Swift, and Garth Brooks and Tricia Yearwood and you might find that you keep that car radio on during a trip through the South.

Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.

Course # F1TE — One Time Event
Place:	Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus
Dates:	Tuesday, December 13 2022
Time:	2:30 - 4 PM
Fee:	$35 / member; $40 / non-member

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